Posts Tagged ‘Data ONTAP’

Data ONTAP 8.0 – Part III

Data ONTAP 8.0 – Part III
I’ve twice posted now on Data ONTAP 8.0 shortcomings and this evening I did a little more research with the IBM version of Netapp’s hardware, the N-Series products.  Fortunately, IBM are slightly more generous and informative in their documentation than Netapp and this document (freely...
August 9th, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured, GestaltIT, Ulitzer | Read More

Netapp: The Inflexibility of Data ONTAP

Netapp: The Inflexibility of Data ONTAP
Thanks to @ianhf for posting a related blog entry berating Netapp for their lackadaisical approach in delivering features in Data ONTAP that customers really want.  My original post is here; @ianhf’s post is here.  I urge you to read it as it takes what I was saying a whole step further and...
August 4th, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured | Read More

Netapp: The Inflexibility of Flexvols

Netapp: The Inflexibility of Flexvols
I’ve just been reading up on Data ONTAP 8.0 as part of some ongoing work I’m doing.  You may be aware that version 8.0 of the filer operating system brings two major features; 64-bit support and the (sort of) integration of the Spinnaker code to create the multi-node version of ONTAP (called...
August 2nd, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured | Read More

Enterprise Computing: Netapp The $4Billion Product

Enterprise Computing: Netapp The $4Billion Product
I had a conversation last week with a PR company doing research for Netapp.  This followed just after Netapp released their Q4 results, with revenue exceeding expectations at just over $1 billion.  It’s amazing how in the space of less than 20 years they have developed from nothing to a company...
February 22nd, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured, GestaltIT | Read More

Enterprise Computing: Netapp and Efficiency – Managing Perception

A quick discussion last night on Twitter got me thinking about the way technology is perceived in the industry at large.  In particular, the discussion related to Netapp and in my usual facetious way I said I wouldn’t quote Netapp and Efficiency in the same sentence (whoa, I just did!).   I...
March 11th, 2009 | Enterprise Storage, GestaltIT | Read More