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Evaluate SRM with the VMware on NetApp Trial

Vaughn — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:25:14 +0000

A few months back we launched the VMware on NetApp Trial, a 100% software-based evaluation built upon Data ONTAP Edge, the NetApp Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA), which allows participants to gain hands-on experience with our joint solutions and technical integrations without the requirement for a physical NetApp storage array. The Trial has been a huge success specifically with those who don’t run VMware on NetApp and those who have only recently started their journey to ...

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My thoughts on Software-Defined Storage in SiliconANGLE

Vaughn — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:36:24 +0000

This week I shared my thoughts with SiliconANGLE on the emerging Software-Defined Storage trend. Below is an excerpt: “Hardware Independence is in our DNA” : NetApp Defines its Software-Led Storage Play There’s a Renaissance going on in IT storage right now, transforming an old, clunky system into something that’s not only more agile, but smarter, too. Software is leading the charge, making new and existing hardware systems more efficient. At the heart of this revolution ...

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Software Defined Storage: The Evolution of Storage

Vaughn — Fri, 03 May 2013 22:53:59 +0000

Software-Defined Data Centers (SDDC) is emerging as a hot topic in my customer conversations as a means to transform data centers into IT service centers focused on increasing the agility and speed at which they support their application and increase developer productivity. In many ways SDDC could be considered the evolution from server virtualization to data center virtualization. The SDDC architectural model seeks to define data center resources, specifically compute, network, storage and security, in ...

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Vote for the Top VMware & Virtualization blogs of 2013

Vaughn — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:49:43 +0000

Eric Siebert and the team at vSphere-land want to know who you read to stay on top of your game with VMware and virtualization tech. Whether you seek industry insight, technical knowledge, practical tips, and an interesting point of view, repay the bloggers your follow by casting a vote for them in the 2013 Top VMware & Virtualization blog poll. Kudos to the 200 bloggers being considered in this year’s poll. Your inclusion is a ...

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VMware Updates Best Practices for vSphere on NFS

Vaughn — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:09:23 +0000

VMware with support form their storage alliance partners NetApp, EMC and HDS has updated their Best Practices for deploying vSphere with NFS datastores. The document provides direction in areas that are common among the NFS storage vendors . Content includes networking configuration options, interoperability with vSphere components and a number of advanced settings. The paper is available on the VMware Technical Resources site. This document should be considered a foundational document when considering a deployment ...

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PeakColo Presenting at VMware Partner Exchange

Vaughn — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:36:45 +0000

Do you know which Cloud Service Provider… Is a top 10 member of the VMware® Service Provider Program and is the fastest growing? Was the first to be certified as VMware vCloud Powered? Has 7 international cloud nodes? Is the leading white-label SP? Run 100% on Clustered Data ONTAP? It’s PeakColo, a gold level sponsor of VMware Partner Exchange 2013. Join Luke Norris, CEO PeakColo and I on Wednesday, February 27th at 3:30 to learn ...

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The VMware and NetApp Trial: Eval on a Software Only Infrastructure

Vaughn — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:10:48 +0000

At VMworld 2012 NetApp released Data ONTAP Edge, their first software-base Virtual Storage Array (VSA). Edge provided a platform for innovation, enabling customers a new palette upon which to develop and deliver IT services. In the spirit of innovation NetApp and VMware have teamed up to release the VMware and NetApp Trial, a test-drive of our products to let you experience the simplicity, value and elegance of our joint solutions for the vCloud Suite… on ...

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NetApp Acquires ionGrid to Deliver Mobile File Access

Vaughn — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:40:50 +0000

Yesterday NetApp announced the acquisition of ionGrid, a privately held company based in Mountain View, California. The acquisition provides NetApp customers with a secure, simple to use solution for accessing enterprise file shares from mobile devices. This announcement was included with strong earnings and growth report for the 3rd quarter of the NetApp fiscal year 2013. The marketplace has long recognized and selected NetApp as providing the best platform for enterprise NAS. With the acquisition we ...

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Heads up! Avoiding VMware vSphere ESXi 5 NFS Disconnect Issues

Vaughn — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:00:11 +0000

There is a problem that impacts our mutual customers running VMware ESXi 5 with NFS connectivity. While details are not finalized it appears the engineering teams at VMware and NetApp have identified an issue with the NFS client in ESXi 5 stack and the NFS service in Data ONTAP that results in the two behaving badly with high I/O load, when SIOC is not in use. This issue appears to only affect vSphere 5 releases and not ...

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NetApp: The Must See Sessions at VMware PEX

Vaughn — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:43:24 +0000

VMware Partner Exchange is being held in Las Vegas from February 23rd-28th. PEX is an annual virtualization and cloud infrastructure conference designed specifically to enable VMware partners to provide the best-in-class solutions with the goal to help position them for success. I’m happy to share with you that NetApp is once again a Global Diamond Sponsor of the event and we have a number of breakout sessions and boot camps available for you to take. ...

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NetApp: The Official Data Storage Provider of the NFL & Super Bowl XLVII

Vaughn — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:35:54 +0000

Today NetApp and the NFL announced NetApp as the official storage provider of the NFL and Super Bowl XVLII. The Super Bowl is widely recognized as the most watched sporting event in the world. It’s simply colossal in scale. With an estimated global viewership of 77.62 million viewers, there is simply no room for failure. This is a mission critical deployment on a global scale. When the NFL needed to advance their capabilities to support ...

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FlexPod Success Drives Increased Investments by Cisco and NetApp

Vaughn — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:00:18 +0000

Today Cisco and NetApp announced an expanded partnership with the FlexPod platform. These investments build upon our shared goal to deliver a converged infrastructure that unifies enterprise clouds with branch offices and cloud service providers. With more than 2,100 customers in 35 countries and over 700 channel partners, FlexPod is leading the industry as the platform of choice. “FlexPod is one of the most complete private cloud architectures available.” (IDC) IDC 2011 white paper, “Accelerating ...

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Presenting the Upstate New York VMUG Conference Keynote

Vaughn — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:54:10 +0000

This morning I have the privilege of presenting the event keynote for the 2012 Upstate New York VMUG Conference. I will share a number of data points on the impact rampant data growth is having on cloud computing architectures and will offer my perspective on how to best address today and tomorrow’s challenges. The presentation will be storage vendor neutral and will speak to the specifics of storage with VMware technologies. We will begin at ...

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Search Storage Article: Architecting the Virtual Environment: SANs vs. NAS

Vaughn — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:38:43 +0000

The use of SAN versus NAS storage connectivity with cloud deployments may seem like an old topic; however, with the ever increasing number of customers who are deploying multiple hypervisors I believe this conversation deserves to be revisited. For those interested in this sometimes religious debate I have shared my perspective in this SearchStorage article.

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