Here’s a brief preview of something we’ve been building that internally we are tentatively calling Project NetApp Shift. Shift allows customers to change the cloud platform their VMs run on without migrating any data. Shift provides unprecedented agility and the ability to create heterogeneous cloud solutions that previously were too costly to implement due to the resource … [Read more...] about Tech Preview: Shift Cloud Platforms without Migrating Data
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Search Storage Article: Architecting the Virtual Environment: SANs vs. NAS
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. … [Read more...] about Search Storage Article: Architecting the Virtual Environment: SANs vs. NAS
Virtualization Changes Everything Free Copies and Book Signings at Cisco Live
A year ago Mike Slisinger and I wanted to expand upon the impact and influence server virtualization and cloud computing were having on storage and it’s support of the evolution from silo models to dynamic, flexible hosting environments. For these reasons we authored, ‘Virtualization Changes Everything: Storage Strategies for VMware vSphere & Cloud Computing’ Storage is a … [Read more...] about Virtualization Changes Everything Free Copies and Book Signings at Cisco Live
Announcing FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud
Today, we are very pleased to announce the latest private cloud offering from NetApp, Cisco and Microsoft: FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud. This reference implementation is our second major generation of private cloud solution built on Windows Server 2008 R2. The major update for this version is that we are now fully integrated with System Center 2012. … [Read more...] about Announcing FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud
Predictions for 2012 – Better Late than Never
Recently Scott Lowe shared that he could identify the level of my workload based on the duration between my blog posts. I found his comment was quite insightful as things have been rather busy of late. Inside of NetApp we're wrapping up engineering efforts for the release of something truly revolutionary. As you'd expect this has all of us working long hours. Outside of NetApp … [Read more...] about Predictions for 2012 – Better Late than Never