IDC has published a new report investigating the emerging role pre-validated architecture solutions are providing in the transformation of delivering IT services. IDC shares the finding around the value and benefits delivered with the FlexPod datacenter infrastructure from Cisco and NetApp, and the VMware vSphere Built on FlexPod solution. Some areas of note in the report include… Today’s datacenter challenges Developing a strategy for a virtualized datacenter Management gains enabled by converged infrastructure solutions Secure Multi-Tenancy deployment …
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5 Reasons to Upgrade to Data Ontap 8.0.1
Last week while hosting our Virtualization Field Readiness Summit I spent some time with Dr. Desktop (aka Chris Gebhardt) and while educating me on advancements in our technologies related to desktop virtualization he shared a few of the enhancements in Data Ontap 8.0.1 that were so exciting I thought I’d share. Reason Number 1 – 64 Bit Aggregates 64 bit aggregates allow customer to extend the size of their storage pools (or aggregates) by raising …
Is NetApp Missing from your Datacenter?
On behalf of NetApp, I’m writing to you with a simple proposition: For your next storage purchase, you should consider NetApp. Things move at a fast, if not exponential pace in the data center. The advent of virtual infrastructures and cloud computing has introduced a new set of requirements that redefined the value proposition of storage arrays within a cloud infrastructure stack. The storage array that you ultimately select is responsible for maintaining most (if …
Introducing Data Compression in ONTAP 8.0.1
It’s no secret; NetApp wants to sell you less storage than any other storage vendor and by forecasts from industry experts like IDC it is time we all begin enabling storage savings technologies throughout our datacenters. When NetApp was founded we unknowingly set out on this mission with the release of our first feature, the snapshot backup. It was a means for customers to take full backup copies of their data, yet each backup only …
IDC says your data will grow and grow and grow…
Did you get a chance to read “The Digital Universe Decade – Are You Ready?” published by IDC (May 2010)? This report is a follow-up from the 2007 report titled, “The Expanding Digital Universe”. I ask this question as I’m surprised by the number of individuals who are unaware of its existence. In fact I don’t believe I met more than a dozen individuals at VMworld (US & Europe) or Insight (US & Europe) who …
Announcing FlexPod for VMware from Cisco & NetApp
Today we held our ‘Future Ready’ event, which was the largest product launch in the history of NetApp. This launch was so extensive it included updates to three quarters of our portfolio and introduced a slew of net new features, products, and solutions. Am I excited? That’s an understatement! Current global economic conditions are reshaping business and success is becoming increasingly dependent on the ability of IT to transition to a flexible and efficient shared …
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