Deduplication Comes of Age
NetApp Deduplication This article, in General, is about the NetApp deduplication, relied on the NetApp file system WAFL that keeps track of whether a block was free or in use and now with...
View ArticleCIFS performance is slow after investigating performance issues - CIFS...
CIFS CONSIDERATIONS File-Based Protocol:NFS, CIFS, FTP, TFTP, HTTP Block-Based Protocol:Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre channel over Ethernet (FCoE), Internet SCSI (iSCSI) The following filer CIFS...
View ArticleNetApp Virtual File Manager Business Continuity Policy and NetApp SNAPMIRROR.
For those die hard VFM/StorageX Admins out there I'd like to hear your comments on why VFM/StorageX should not be exciled. End of Support - November 9th, 2012 In 2006, StorageX enables users to...
View ArticleFpolicy and Data Ontap WAFL
FPolicy in storage environment When a client requests a file, the request is sent to the Protocol Stack. If the FPolicy feature is enabled, the Protocol Stack identifies CIFS and NFS requests and marks...
View ArticleConfiguring adapters for target mode
NetApp and VMWare: Configure the onboard adapters for target mode to connect the adapters to the Fibre Channel fabric or to another storage controller. If you install target expansion adapters on the...
View ArticleOnboard Ports | Steps
Configure Onboard Ports First you have to install the NIC adapters into those dirty slots the are not doing anything. If all goes well, and you are privileged to be in the situation where your HP...
View ArticleMoving A Disk Shelf From One Filer To Another Filer
One senario to mention before we begin Software ownership just simply controls who owns the disks themselves. Their membership, aggregates, raid groups, and data are stored totally independent and...
View ArticlevNetwork Distribution
How VMware Simplify Virtual Network Distribution? In this article we will discuss the simplifications and enhancements that the provisioning, administration and monitoring of virtual machine networking...
View ArticleSnapDrive
CONFIGURE SNAPDRIVE PRIVLEGE The Host and Storage System(s) needs to develop a relationship. SnapDrive for Windows has a services account and a password associated, whether beit Workgroup or Domain...
View ArticleNetApp Master Commands
Get Me Out of Trouble NetApp Commands How do I Create a writable snapshot of a writeable lun0 again? Source /etc/rc - <use if you don’t want to reboot> lun create -b...
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