Model and $$'s? On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Steve Burkett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Very incorrect. NetApp filers can be used as simple NAS devices if you > wish, providing simple Windows network shares on an NFS based system if > you wish. You see it as a server joined to your Active Directory domain, > you browse to it and see the shares. > > .. or you can do the full bit level LUN thing to use it as a SAN type > device. Enable Fibre Channel or iSCSI with a license key, partition up > your disks, give your VMWare host server a chunk of disk to play with > formatted with VMFS. Either way works. > > The deduplication features of the NetApp seem to work best with NFS > however, and the killer feature on the NetApp's, their snapshot based > backup and restore, likewise. With the Snapshots feature you can do a > full backup or restore of 30GB+ databases or virtual machines in 3-5 > seconds (!). Particularly if you use the new SnapManager for Virtual > Infrastructure product which is VMWare aware and plays nicely with it, > you can do your backups of live enviroments in a very small backup > window, and restore far far quicker then conventional methods. > > There was a Webcast from NetApp the other month where a customer (one of > Europe's biggest health care providers) was converting over to using NFS > from iSCSI based LUN's for their VMWare farm as it was proving just as > quick performance wise, much quicker to backup, and much simpler to > manage. They had gone from Fibre Channel to iSCSI previously. > > With VMWare offering more and more support towards NFS, it seems to be > the way things are going. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 September 2008 00:51 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation > > Ok, let me ask a clarifying question ... Isn't NetApp a NAS (Network > Attached Storage) and NOT a SAN. Their NetApp filer boxen run a > proprietary > file system, not the same as a SAN connected box running the native file > system (NTFS) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 8:07 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: NetApp SAN For Virtualisation > > Just looking for some feedback. Is/has anyone used NetApp as their > backend > in a VMWare solution? > > We've had someone in this morning talking to us about going down the > virtualisation road and their backend SAN solution is NetApp using NFS. > > I know lots of you (already virtualised people out there) are using an > EMC > solution with iSCSI (and or possibly FC) but I haven't heard much of > NetApp. > > Pros/Cons? Steer well clear of etc etc would be a good starter for us. > > TIA. > > > ************************************************************************ > The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended > solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it > by > anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely > those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker > Martyn > Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient > please > contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in > Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow > G3 > 6AH, UK. > **************************************************************** > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1662 - Release Date: > 9/9/2008 > 10:47 AM > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > === > STEMCOR CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLAIMER NOTICE > This e-mail is intended only for the addressees named in it. The contents > should not be disclosed to any other person nor copies taken. Any views or > opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily > represent those of Stemcor unless otherwise specifically stated. Stemcor > does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message nor > responsibility for any change made to it after it was sent by the original > sender. You are advised to carry out a virus check before opening any > attachment as Stemcor does not accept liability for any damage sustained as > a result of any software viruses. You should be aware that Stemcor reserves > the right to read incoming and outgoing emails. > === > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
