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 … Continue reading Windows NFS? WHO DOES THAT???
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Behind the Scenes: Episode 137: Name Services in ONTAP
Welcome to the Episode 137, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” This week on the podcast, we talk Name Services in ONTAP and the introduction of the new global name services cache in ONTAP 9.3 with NAS TME, Chris Hurley (@averageguyX)! We'll be taking next week off … Continue reading Behind the Scenes: Episode 137: Name Services in ONTAP
Cache Rules Everything Around Me: New Global Name Service Cache in ONTAP 9.3
In an ONTAP cluster made up of individual nodes with individual hardware resources, it's useful if a storage administrator can manage the entire cluster as a monolithic entity, without having to worry about what lives where. Prior to ONTAP 9.3, name service caches were node-centric, for the most part. This sometimes could create scenarios where … Continue reading Cache Rules Everything Around Me: New Global Name Service Cache in ONTAP 9.3
TECH::TR-4379 Name Services Best Practices in clustered Data ONTAP updated for 8.3.1!
Check out the latest updates for TR-4379!
TECH::Spring cleaning for your NAS environment
If you don't keep up with your NAS environment, you might be getting calls from your users and/or customers at hours or times you don't appreciate. Once, on my on-call weekend when I was in support, I had to work a case at 3AM. At the beach. In a hotel parking lot. Stealing wi-fi.
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