Behind the Scenes: Episode 101 – NetApp at VMworld 2017; VSC 7.0

Welcome to the Episode 101, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we bring in Dr. Desktop, Chris Gebhardt (@chrisgeb) and Virtualization TME/NetApp A-Team member Steven Cortez (@mscproductions) to talk about what’s going on at VMworld 2017 in Las Vegas, what sessions to attend and what’s new in Virtual Storage Console (VSC) 7.0.

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 99 – Databases as a Service, using Docker Containers

Welcome to the Episode 99, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we sync up with NetApp’s resident Oracle expert, Jeff Steiner (@tweetofsteiner), to discuss his work in containerizing databases.

Visit thePub to learn more about NetApp Docker Volume Plugin 17.07 and Jeff’s clone split contribution.

Want to know more about this topic? Register for NetApp Insight 2017 & attend Jeff Steiner’s session “Databases with NetApp ONTAP in Public and Private Clouds.” You can also reach Jeff via email at steiner@netapp.com or reach his blog at words.ofsteiner.com.

Additional Resources:

• TR-4591: Database Data Protection: Backup, Recovery, Replication, and DR
• TR-4592: Oracle on MetroCluster
• TR-3633: Oracle Databases on ONTAP
• On-Demand Webinar: Database as-a-Service: Docker + ONTAP
• Words of Steiner: Oracle RAC and Miscount

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 98 – SnapCenter 3.0

Welcome to the Episode 98, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we check in with John Spinks, SnapCenter TME, to find out what’s in SnapCenter 3.0 – just in time for its release!

Finding the Podcast

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 97 – ONTAP Analytics and Telemetry Service (OATS)

Welcome to the Episode 97, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we’re talking ONTAP Analytics in the cloud and the new OATS product with a crew of performance folks including Greg Keller (@kellergc, Sr. Director, Performance Engineering), Matt Hambrick (Director of Performance Engineering) and Fred Peiffer (Performance Characterization Engineer/Architect). Find out how OATS is using existing performance data and machine learning to teach a system how to analyze and resolve performance issues, as well as how you can use OATS for your environment.

You can find OATS in the AWS Marketplace at: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B072JRLP87?qid=1497912376310&sr=0-10&ref_=srh_res_product_title

For an example of how to use OATS, see the following ONTAP recipe: https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-ONTAP-Discussions/ONTAP-Recipes-Correlate-EMS-Messages-and-Performance-Metrics-with-NetApp-OATS/td-p/132184

For a short video, see:

To contact the team, email ng-oats-info@netapp.com.

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 96 – Death of the Specialized Admin

Welcome to the Episode 96, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week, we invited the Storage Janitor/Undertaker, Andy Banta (@andybanta) and NetApp SolidFire Developer Advocate Josh Atwell (@josh_atwell) to discuss how the role of the specialized admin is evolving. We also chat about VVols and where NetApp fits into that technology.

Be sure to also check out the NetApp Pub for all the latest developer content!

Finding the Podcast

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 95 – Security Update: WannaCry and Petya/NotPetya!

Welcome to the Episode 95, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we kick off a series of quarterly security update episodes to reflect the ever-changing security and vulnerability landscape. We cover WannaCry, Petya/NotPetya and basic security best practices you can follow to help protect against threats. We join some of the NetApp security team, including Kevin Ryan from PSIRT at NetApp (psirt@netapp.com) and Security TME Andrae Middleton (andrae@netapp.com), as well as esteemed NetApp A-Team member, Paul Stringfellow. Paul is the technical director at Gardner Systems in the UK. You can find his blog and podcast at https://techstringy.wordpress.com/.

Fun fact: Andrae really did lose a finger. He got it reattached and is on the mend.

Finding the Podcast

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 94 – #FlexPodSF

Welcome to the Episode 94, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

FlexPod SF was just officially announced at Cisco Live in Las Vegas this week! For videos of the event, check them out here:

This week on the podcast, we discuss the latest NetApp converged offering, FlexPod with SolidFire, also known as FlexPod SF! Join us as we welcome @vMiss33, Melissa Palmer, and NetApp SolidFire Product Manager Brett Siclair to talk about what FlexPod SF is and what it means for your next generation datacenter.

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 92 – FabricPool Deep Dive

Welcome to the Episode 92, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

In Epsiode 63, we spoke with FabricPool PM Arun Raman about what FabricPool was. This week, we invited the FabricPool lifeguard – John Lantz – to give us a deeper look at the cloud-enabling technology. We also welcomed ONTAP Senior Vice President, Octavian Tanase (@octav) and ONTAP’s Chief Architect, Ravi Kavuri, to give us the value prop and the business decisions that went into developing FabricPools.

Finding the Podcast

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 91 – Learning to Code, with Ashley McNamara

Welcome to the Episode 91, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we chat with developer advocate, Ashley McNamara (@ashleymcnamara) of Pivotal to talk about how storage administrators (and pretty much anyone) should be learning to code. Ashley also gives us places to look for resources for aspiring developers and scripters to be successful. Feel free to check out her Git repository here:

http://ashleymcnamara.github.io/learn_to_code/

And her Gopher work here:

https://gopherize.me/

Finding the Podcast

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Behind the Scenes: Episode 90 – ONTAP Performance Enhancements, including QoS Minimums

Welcome to the Episode 90, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.”

This week on the podcast, we invited SAN and Performance TME Mike Peppers (@NTAPFLIGuy) to discuss the new performance enhancements in ONTAP 9.2!

Join us as we talk about QoS minimums, balanced LUN placement and more!

Finding the Podcast

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https://newsroom.netapp.com/blogs/tech-ontap-podcast-ontap-performance-enhancements/

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