One of the cool things about NetApp’s OnCommand Workflow Automation (as is cool with any modern automation platform) is the ability to have pre-populated fields and selectors within your workflows. In most cases you’re going to be using WFA to automate a task that will need to interact with a NetApp FAS 7-Mode or ClusteredContinue reading
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Tunneling Xwindows Applications Through SSH/PuTTY
I have been working the last few months with a client that is mostly a Linux shop. As much as I love Linux, it’s stability, and robustness, there is one thing that can be a pain to operate. Whenever you need to access a GUI on a remote machine, it can be a bit ofContinue reading
NetApp Storage Sizing – Part One: Capacity
A number of people have asked me over time, “What’s the process or methodology you use in sizing a NetApp storage array?” There are really two ways I can answer that question. In most cases, I don’t have time to sit down and fully explain how NetApp utilizes disk capacity and I just resign toContinue reading
Data Migrations Using NetApp OSSV (7-mode only)
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Performing data migrations has become the bane of my existence as of late. They take forever to plan, most are disruptive, and it’s incredibly hard to make customers pay for you to stick around and watch a progress bar creep by while data is in-flight. Due to all of theseContinue reading