Behind the Scenes Episode 349: NetApp FlexCache and Storage Efficiency Updates for ONTAP 9.12.1

Welcome to the Episode 349, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” This week on the Tech ONTAP Podcast, Chris Hurley (@AverageGuyX) and Elliott Ecton (elliott.ecton@netapp.com) join us to discuss the latest FlexCache updates in ONTAP 9.12.1, as well as the latest information on the set of storage efficiency …

Behind the Scenes Episode 348: NetApp ONTAP 9.12.1 – S3 Updates

Welcome to the Episode 348, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” This week on the podcast, NetApp TME John Lantz (ng-ontap-s3-info@netapp.com) joins us to discuss the latest ONTAP S3 updates for ONTAP 9.12.1, including S3/NAS interoperability. And much more! For more information: S3 in ONTAP Best Practices | …

Behind the Scenes Episode 347: NetApp ONTAP 9.12.1 Overview

Welcome to the Episode 347, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” This week, Keith Aasen (keitha@netapp.com) and Ken Mencher (mencher@netapp.com) from the ONTAP product team join us to discuss what's in ONTAP 9.12.1! We cover: Important FlexCache and S3 enhancements Security advancements BlueXP And much more! For more …

How to Configure MacOS to Use Active Directory LDAP for UNIX users/groups

In NetApp ONTAP, it's possible to serve data to NAS clients over SMB and NFS, including the same datasets. This is known as "multiprotocol NAS" and I cover the best practices for that in the new TR-4887: TR-4887: Multiprotocol NAS Best Practices in ONTAP When you do multiprotocol NAS in ONTAP (or really, and storage …

Brand new tech report: Multiprotocol NAS Best Practices in ONTAP

I don't like to admit to being a procrastinator, but... (Not actually a sloth) Four years ago, I said this: And people have asked about it a few times since then. To be fair, I did say "will be a ways out..." In actuality, I started that TR in March of 2017. And then again …

Windows NFS? WHO DOES THAT???

Believe it or not, Windows NFS is a thing. Microsoft has its own NFS server and client, which can leverage RFC compliant NFSv3 calls to a Windows Server running NFS server or to a 3rd party NFS server, such as NetApp ONTAP. It's actually so popular, that NetApp had to re-introduce it in clustered ONTAP …

Managing ACLs via the ONTAP Command Line

In a previous post, I covered multiprotocol NAS in ONTAP, as well as mixed security styles. The following post covers how to manage permissions from the ONTAP CLI, as well as how to centralize permission management from a single Linux client. Some of the following was moved from the previous post to this one to …

Mixed perceptions with NetApp multiprotocol NAS access

EDIT: As the original post for this was super long, I've since broken it up into a 2 part post. I moved the vserver security information to the following post: Managing ACLs via the ONTAP Command Line EDIT #2 April 8, 2021: I FINALLY WROTE THE MULTIPROTOCOL TR!  Brand new tech report: Multiprotocol NAS Best …

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