Behind the Scenes: Episode 219 – FlexVol to FlexGroup Conversion

Welcome to the Episode 219, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we invite the NetApp FlexGroup Technical Director, Dan Tennant, and FlexGroup developer Jessica Peters, to talk to us about the ins and outs of converting a FlexVol to a FlexGroup in-place, with no copy and no outage!

I also cover the process in detail in this blog post:

FlexGroup Conversion: Moving from FlexVols to FlexGroups the Easy Way

Expect official documentation on it in the coming weeks.

For more information or questions about FlexGroup volumes, email us at flexgroups-info@netapp.com!

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 218 – NetApp E-Series Updates – Fall 2019

Welcome to the Episode 218, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, E-Series PM Younes Ben-Brahim and TME Todd Edwards join us to discuss the latest in E-Series, including the new BeeGFS platform offering.

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 217 – ONTAP 9.7

Welcome to the Episode 217, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we talk about the latest release of ONTAP, as well as the new All-SAN array!

Featured in this week’s podcast:

• NetApp SVP Octavian Tanase
• NetApp Director Jeff Baxter
• NetApp Product Marketing Manager Jon Jacob
• Netapp Technical Product Marketing Manager Skip Shapiro
• NetApp TMEs Dan Isaacs and Mike Peppers

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 216 – NetApp StorageGrid 11.3 and New Platforms

Welcome to the Episode 216, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we cover the latest release of NetApp StorageGrid 11.3, as well as the new all-flash platform, which is first of its kind in the object storage industry! Join Sr. Director, StorageGRID Software Group Duncan Moore (@NCDunc, duncan.moore@netapp.com) and software developer Morgan Mears (morgan.mears@netapp.com) as they tell us all about it.

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 215 – Netapp Insight 2019 Recap

Welcome to the Episode 215, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we recap NetApp Insight 2019. Join us and the NetApp A-Team as we cover the highlights, as well as coverage from the show floor from the booth staff.

Here’s a shot of us recording:

We also had plenty of swag to offer, including a new Andy Warhol-inspired sticker/shirt design:

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Road Trip!

Every year before Insight, I’ve made it a tradition to take a side trip to a national park to decompress before the event. Last year, I went to Yosemite. This year, I flew into Phoenix and drove to the Grand Canyon.

It was a shorter overall drive than last year and I broke it up in smaller segments again. One of the side trips I took was a dirt road that took you all the way into the Grand Canyon via the Hualapai Indian Reservation. You can get there via Route 66 in Peach Springs.

I didn’t take any video, but here’s a video of the drive someone else took:

Here’s the photo album of the trip:

Grand Canyon 2019

And some of the highlights:

Behind the Scenes: Episode 214 – NetApp WIT at Grace Hopper Celebration and Insight 2019

Welcome to the Episode 214, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we invited NetApp’s Women in Technology to talk about Grace Hopper Celebration, Women in Technology and what’s going on at Insight 2019 in Las Vegas. 

Featured in this week’s podcast: 

• Amy Welsh, Sr. Manager, Strategic Programs & Revenue Acceleration (@amyrwelsh) 
• Vanessa Ambrosecchia, Program Manager 

• Roxy Steiner, Director – Customer Solutions Center Global Operations 
• Fran Melia, Mgr, CSD Operations 
• Dan Isaacs, Technical Marketing Engineer (@danisaacs) 
• Becky Elliott, Independent Consultant (@beckylelliott) 
• Sam Moulton, Sr. Influence Program Manager (@sammoulton, @NetAppATeam, https://tintpodcast.fireside.fm/) 

• Kim Weller, Director, Solutions Engineering, NetApp’s Worldwide Services and Support (@weller_kim) 
• Phoebe Goh, Principal Architect and Business Liaison (@phoebegoh, https://blog.netapp.com/go-your-way-podcast/?linkId=100000008536725)  

WIT at Insight: 

• 1425-1 WIT Breakfast: Celebrating Women in Tech 

Also, check out this blog: 

https://blog.netapp.com/grace-hopper-celebration-2019-takeaways/  

If you’re a NetApp employee, NetApp WIT can be found at: http://wit.netapp.com/  

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 213 – Quarterly Security Update Fall 2019

Welcome to the Episode 213, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we continue our quarterly security series with some updates about Insight 2019, what’s new in security since the summer and some in-depth discussion about NetApp ONTAP’s Secure Purge Feature.  

Featured in this week’s podcast: 

• Juan Mojica, Senior Manager – Product Management (@juan_m_mojica) 
• Ankur Acharya, Product Manager (@ankuracharya) 

• Matt Trudewind, TME (@NTAPMatt) 
• Dan Tulledge, TME (@dan_tulledge) 

As mentioned in the podcast, here are a few reference links you can learn from: 

https://blog.netapp.com/protecting-your-data-perfect-forward-secrecy-pfs-with-netapp-ontap/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL6LZmarEj4  

Achieve a Data-Centric Approach to Zero Trust with NetApp ONTAP

Network Vulnerability Scanner indicates ONTAP as a FreeBSD system

Security Hardening Guide for NetApp ONTAP 9

Secure Purge Blog

Insight Sessions: 

• 1346-2 – ONTAP Hardening: Secure Your Data Against Today’s Threat Landscape 
• 1347-2 – Applying a Zero Trust Architecture to Your Organization’s Security with NetApp 
• 1348-2 – Deploying a Secure Hybrid Cloud Environment: Harness the Power of the Cloud Securely 
• 1350-2 – Addressing Ransomware in 2019 

• 3006-1 – Data Caretakers: Governance for Data Driven Organizations 

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 212 – Azure NetApp Files

Welcome to the Episode 212, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast,  Lee Jiles (lee.jiles@netapp.com, Sr. Manager of Azure Global) and Will Stowe (wstowe@netapp.com, Cloud Architect) tell us all about the NetApp cloud native offering in Microsoft Azure, why you might want to use it, and how easy it is to get access. For more information, including Azure NetApp Files performance, visit https://cloud.netapp.com/azure-netapp-files. 

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 211 – NetApp Insight 2019 Preview #NetAppInsight

Welcome to the Episode 211, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we give you the lowdown on NetApp Insight 2019 in Las Vegas. Join us as we discuss this year’s Insight themes, fun events you might be interested in, sessions, Insight Central and much more!

You can see more information – including the schedule builder and registration – at https://insight.netapp.com/

Featured on this episode:

• Emily Miller (@Emily_S_Miller) – NetApp VP of Brand and Influence Marketing
• Jim Coleman – NetApp Sr Global Events Manager

NetApp A-Team (@NetAppATeam)

• Samantha Moulton (@SamMoulton) – NetApp Sr. Influence Program Manager, NetApp A-Team mom
• Jason Benedicic (@jabenedicic) – Independent consultant
• Adam Bergh (@ajbergh) – Global Alliance Architect, @Veeam
• Mike Palic (@SpindleNinja) – Sr. Storage and Converged Infrastructure Engineer, Meridian IT Inc
• Mark Carlton (@mcarlton1983) – Solutions Architect, Arrow
• Donny Lang (@DonnyLang1)  – Sr. Systems Administrator, Plexus Corp
• Paul Stringfellow (@techstringy) – Director of IT consultancy Gardner Systems, host of Tech Interviews podcast (https://soundcloud.com/techstringy-580399274)
• Chris Olsen (@colsenNM) – Solutions Architect, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Chris Maki (@ChrisMaki) – Senior Solution Architect, Scalar
• John Woodall (@John_Woodall) – VP Engineering, Integrated Archive Systems
• Dan Barber (@dancbarber) – Consulting Systems Engineer, NetApp
• Dan Isaacs (@danisaacs) – TME, NetApp

NetApp A-Team sessions at Insight include:

• 3009-2: Ask the A-Team – Building a Modern Data Platform
• 3002-1: Data is Crucial, so Build the Strategy and Platform it Deserves
• 3006-1: Be a Multi-Cloud Hero!
• 2026-1 Pacific Biosciences: How NetApp FlexGroup Volumes Power Genomic Sequencing at PacBio
• 7003-1 NAIL IT: Making Your Data Fabric Real with Skottie Miller Dreamworks Technology Fellow, Jonsi Stefansson and Jeff Baxter from NetApp and John Woodall VP Engineering IAS
• 9006-2: Veeam is Getting NASty 

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 210 – Rubrik 101

Welcome to the Episode 210, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we discuss the recently announced NetApp-Rubrik partnership and cover the basics of what Rubrik is and can do for NAS data protection with Rubrik PM Tony Zhou (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-zhou-rubrik/), Rubrik Technical Partner Manager Pierre-François Guglielmi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pfguglielmi/) and NetApp’s Yossi Weihs (https://www.linkedin.com/n/yossiw/), Keith Norbie (@keithnorbie), and Dan Issacs (@danisaacs)!

For more information on Rubrik, check out rubrik.com!

A couple of clarifying notes:

• When Rubrik refers to “CDM”, this is Cloud Data Management – Rubrik’s catch all phrase for their cloud architected platform.
• When Rubrik refers to Snapshots, they refer to their backup files as stored on their archive tier storage. So … Rubrik Snapshots are about abilities very similar to ONTAP Snapshots – retention policies, locking and immutability. Rubrik does not manage Storage snapshots for policy based retention.

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