Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:04:24 PST
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Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PST
This document describes the use of non-Exadata hardware and software with NetApp storage systems to implement a solution that supports Exadata production environments. The solution focuses on providing backup protection, backup and recovery options for Exadata environments, and cloning of Exadata databases for development and test. |
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:10:00 PST
This report describes how to set up an entry-level configuration for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 mailbox server storage using NetApp® Data ONTAP® 8.1 architecture operating in Cluster-Mode on a FAS2240 storage system. |
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:31:00 PST
This paper highlights several cases where seamless integration of NetApp technologies with Oracle E-Business Suite significantly reduces downtime and increases productivity. |
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PST
This document is intended to serve as a best practices guide for architecting and deploying NetApp® MetroCluster™ in a customer environment. This guide describes the basic MetroCluster architecture, considerations for deployment, and best practices. As always, refer to the latest technical publications on the NetApp Support (formerly NOW®) site for specific updates on processes; Data ONTAP® command syntax; and the latest requirements, issues, and limitations. This document is intended for field personnel who require assistance in architecting and deploying a MetroCluster solution |
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:08:00 PST
The NetApp® High Performance Computing Solution for Lustre™ processes large amounts of data as quickly as possible with the utmost reliability and consistency and at a low cost of ownership. Lustre is a high-performance global parallel file system capable of supporting tens of thousands of users. It has the ability to scale cluster nodes to provide hundreds of petabytes of storage with I/O throughput capabilities of hundreds to thousands of gigabytes per second. NetApp E5460 storage systems provide the storage building blocks that allow scaling of capacity and performance of Lustre applications. NetApp and Whamcloud have partnered to market and sell the High Performance Computing Solution for Lustre to government, university, research, and business users. |
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:08:00 PST
This technical report focuses on configuring, designing, and implementing a multipartition DB2® database in a NetApp® storage environment. Deploying the DB2 Database Partitioning Feature (DPF) with NetApp storage can deliver additional cost-saving benefits provided by backup and restore based on NetApp Snapshot™ technology, cloning, and Flash Cache. The purpose of this document is to integrate IBM® and NetApp best practices for planning, configuring, designing, implementing, and administering IBM DB2 9.7 DPF for Linux® running on System x3650 and a NetApp storage environment. |
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:08:00 PST
This best practice guide is designed to give storage administrators and database administrators the keys to successfully deploy Microsoft® SQL Server® 2005 and 2008 on NetApp® storage. |
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:08:00 PST
OnCommand Report provides comprehensive reporting of your NetApp storage infrastructure, allowing users to report on their NetApp inventory, capacity, and storage efficiency. This “how to” technical report walks through the steps to create a custom dashboard. |
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:37:00 PST
This document is intended as a quick start guide to configure intercluster replication between different clusters of NetApp® Data ONTAP® 8.1 operating in Cluster-Mode. Intracluster replication, including intracluster data protection relationships and load-sharing mirrors, is not discussed in this document. |
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:37:00 PST
This document is intended to serve as a deployment guide for architecting and deploying SnapVault® in a customer environment. As always, please refer to the latest technical publications on the NOW™ (NetApp on the Web) site for specific updates on processes, Data ONTAP® command syntax, and the latest requirements, issues, and limitations. This document is intended for field personnel who require assistance in architecting and deploying a SnapVault solution. For further information on Open Systems SnapVault, please refer to the OSSV Best Practices Guide (TR 3466). |
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:30:00 PST
This document is a guide to help aid in the understanding and deployment of Open Systems SnapVault® (OSSV). Open Systems SnapVault is a disk-to-disk backup and recovery solution for protecting data residing on third-party storage and platforms. |
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:00:00 PST
NetApp® Syncsort Integrated Backup (NSB) is a product developed jointly by Syncsort andNetApp as a data protection solution designed for simplicity and ease of integration with existingenvironments.With NSB, Syncsort's BEX software has been carefully integrated to exploit the strengths ofNetApp FAS secondary storage – to maximize data protection benefits and to be operated from asingle, intuitive user interface. |
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:20:00 PST
This report describes the benefits of using the GridIron® TurboCharger™ appliance combined with NetApp® storage controllers to provide a high-performance environment for OLTP and decision support system (DSS) workloads. |
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:27:00 PST
This TR is targeted at qualified security assessors as well as storage administrators. Guidance is provided for the requirements that have controls that can be applied within the Data ONTAP® operating system. Although this document focuses on Data ONTAP version 8.1 operating in 7-Mode, many of these settings may apply to earlier versions of Data ONTAP 7G and Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode. |
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:00:00 PST
NetApp® technology enables companies to extend their virtual infrastructures to include the benefits of advanced storage virtualization. Our unified storage platforms provide industry-leading technologies in the areas of storage efficiencies, instantaneous virtual machine (VM) and datastore cloning for virtual servers and virtual desktops, and virtual data center backup and business continuance solutions.This technical report reviews the best practices for implementing VMware® vSphere® with NetApp unified storage arrays. NetApp has been providing advanced storage features to VMware solutions since 2001. During this time, NetApp has developed operational guidelines for storage arrays running Data ONTAP® and ESX® Server or ESXi™ Server. These techniques, which are described in this report, have been documented and are referred to as “best practices.” |
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:27:00 PST
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Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:00:00 PST
This document is a deployment guide for designing and deploying NetApp SnapMirror Async in a customer environment. It describes replicating data to a NetApp destination system by using NetApp SnapMirror technology. This document is intended to assist field personnel in designing and deploying a SnapMirror solution. |
Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:00:00 PST
BEST PRACTICES AND PRESCRIPTIVE GUIDANCE FOR INCORPORATING NETAPP SMI-S AGENT INTO A HYPER-V AND VMM 2012 ENVIRONMENT |
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:00:00 PST
Industry trends indicate a vast data center transformation toward shared infrastructures. Enterprise customers are moving away from silos of information toward shared infrastructures and virtualized environments, and eventually toward cloud computing to increase agility and reduce costs. This transformation appears daunting and complex because companies must address both organizational and technical resistance to this new IT model. Cisco and NetApp have developed FlexPod™ to address these virtualization needs and to simplify the evolution to shared, virtualized, and cloud infrastructures. |
