Tag: NetApp

  • NetApp United 2017 — A Numerical Breakdown

    NetApp United 2017 — A Numerical Breakdown

    As you likely saw, earlier this week, NetApp announced the official kick-off of their 2017 NetApp United influencer program, welcoming 111 members. While 111 members gives us a little idea of what the 2017 NetApp United looks like, I thought it was worth taking a closer look. So, as I’ve done in the past for…

  • NetApp Names Members of 2017 NetApp United Program

    NetApp Names Members of 2017 NetApp United Program

    NetApp has announced the first members of their new community recognition program, called NetApp United. I’m proud to announce that I’m one of those 111 people. What makes a good candidate for the NetApp United program? According to the application announcement, NetApp was looking for technology enthusiasts who: Have a social media presence Have overall…

  • NetApp to Acquire SolidFire for $870 Million – GeekFluent’s Thoughts

    NetApp to Acquire SolidFire for $870 Million – GeekFluent’s Thoughts

    Yesterday, NetApp announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SolidFire for $870 Million in an all-cash bid. SolidFire is a privately-held storage company who makes an All-Flash array based on a scale-out architecture. I’m a big fan of both SolidFire and their Element X operating system (available as a software-only option)…

  • Enhancement to VAAI-NAS in vSphere 5.1

    I’ve already done a write-up of the VAAI-NAS features in vSphere 5.0, but one of the three VAAI NAS primitives has expanded functionality in vSphere 5.1. In vSphere 5.1, the NFS File Cloning primitive is expanded to allow array-based snapshots to be used for virtual machines and vApps being fast-provisioned by vCloud Director.  When vCloud…

  • CloudSlam 2011 Multi-vendor Panel on the Future of Storage for the Cloud

    I had the opportunity last week to sit in on a CloudSlam multi-vendor panel session on the future of storage in the cloud. It was a very interesting and revealing discussion. I’ll do my best to summarize it here and share my thoughts and conclusions. What is CloudSlam? CloudSlam is a virtual conference, an online…