Behind the Scenes Episode 353: NetApp Cloud Volumes Edge Cache

Welcome to the Episode 353, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” This week on the podcast, Jaap van Duijvenbode (@JvDuijvenbode, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jvduijvenbode/) joins us to talk all about Cloud Volumes Edge Cache and how you can use it for remote and edge locations for better localization of data sets …

Behind the Scenes Episode 289 – NetApp and Rubrik: Better Together

Welcome to the Episode 289, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” This week, we discuss the latest news in the NetApp/Rubrik partnership and how Rubrik works with Ben Kendall (Alliances Technical Partner Manager, Americas at Rubrik, https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-kendall-6436609/) and PF Guglielmi (Alliances Field CTO @pfguglielmi) of Rubrik and Chris Maino …

How to see data transfer on an ONTAP cluster network

ONTAP clusters utilize a backend cluster network to allow multiple HA pairs to communicate and provide more scale for performance and capacity. This is done by allowing you to nondisruptively add new nodes (and, as a result, capacity and compute) into a cluster. Data will be accessible regardless of where you connect in the cluster. …

Running PowerShell from Linux to Query SMB Shares in NetApp ONTAP

I recently got a question about how to perform the following scenario: Run a script from Linux that calls PowerShell on a remote Windows client using KerberosRemote Windows client uses PowerShell to authenticate against an ONTAP SMB share That's some Inception-style IT work. The issue they were having was that the credentials used to connect …

MacOS NFS Clients with ONTAP – Tips and Considerations

When I'm testing stuff out for customer deployments that I don't work with a ton, I like to keep notes on the work so I can reference it later for TRs or other things. A blog is a great place to do that, as it might help other people in similar scenarios. This won't be …

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 …

Behind the Scenes – Episode 270: NetApp ONTAP File Systems Analytics

Welcome to the Episode 270, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” This week, we do a deep dive into the new ONTAP 9.8 feature in System Manager - File Systems Analytics - and why it's improving the lives of storage administrators. Podcast Transcriptions If you want an AI transcribed …

Behind the Scenes – Episode 269: Medical Imaging Workloads with NetApp Solutions

Welcome to the Episode 269, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” This week on the podcast, NetApp's Tony Turner (@tnyturner) drops by to talk about how NetApp solutions are driving successful deployments for medical imaging workloads. For more information: FlexPod for Medical Imaging https://www.netapp.com/pdf.html?item=/media/19793-tr-4865.pdf Podcast Transcriptions If you want …

Behind the Scenes – Episode 261: How DreamWorks Animation Creates New Worlds on NetApp ONTAP

This week, I was lucky enough to snag a long-time NetApp customer and engineering partner DreamWorks Animation to talk about how the studio leverages NetApp ONTAP to build some of the most creative and effects intensive CG animated films on the planet.