Tag Archives: netapp
Quick Little Powershell Script
Here’s a quick little powershell script I wrote to illustrate the relationship between Aggregates, Shelves, and raid-groups for a student who was a little confused as to their relationship: $raidGroup = 0; $shelf=1; $rgSize=8; $shelfBays = 24 $numShelves = 2 … Continue reading
Netapp Instructor Wanted
open position for a Netapp Instructor. You’ll get to travel – work two – four weeks / month. Continue reading
An alternative approach to snaprestore rollbacks for virus outbreaks
overview Netapp’s snap restore product is a fantastic tool in a storage admin’s arsenal. It works well. It’s fast, and it doesn’t need to “restore” data, it just makes a previous snapshot the active file system. That said, I keep … Continue reading
Teachin’ ain’t easy.
I am very, very jet lagged. I’m not entirely sure what it is, but there’s something that knocks you on your ass when you travel in the middle of the week. I think it’s that everyone’s a *little* tired on … Continue reading
Heading to Ft. Lauderdale
I’m blatantly ignoring the fact that I need to get up early tomorrow to fly to Ft. Lauderdale, and I’m not packed. I’m looking forward to it. Depending on how busy I am, there’s a chance I may get to … Continue reading
Some Netapp Links I find useful to share
These are some notes I normally Give out when teaching netapp classes: Recommended Reading: Sys configuration Guide Data Protection Guide San Guide MetroCluster NETAPP SIMULATOR: http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/simulator Remote Lan Card Setup: http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel723/html/ontap/sysadmin/10rlm3.htm Intro to Jumbo Frames: http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel7121/html/ontap/nag/ifconfi3.htm iscsi & jumbo frames … Continue reading
The Server Virtualization Trend and Netapp
I was recently reading a blog by David Hitz and he raised an interesting question about where we were in regards to server virtualization: Something has been bugging me about the market share numbers for server virtualization. Is the trend … Continue reading
Next Week Will be Crazy
Next week I’m doing a custom netapp class for Morgan Stanley, a large investment firm. This would be fun, but we’ve packed a course that takes a week into two days, and it’s in NYC. New York is a city … Continue reading