This post covers NetApp MetroCluster, a business continuity solution which provides synchronous data replication between two sites within 300km. Before getting into the MetroCluster details, let’s have a quick review of the NetApp High Availability feature first. When a Controller Fails The controller is the brains of the storage system and provides clients access to…
SpiceWorld Recap
If you talk to me about conferences much you’d probably start to call me a broken record for how much I espouse the virtues of the communities that can grow amongst conference attendees. I regularly tell people that the real value isn’t in cramming a schedule full of sessions (which will generally be recorded) or…
NETAPP INSIGHT 2018 – TFDX- Data Fabric 2.0
It’s Wednesday. We are here at the Netapp Insight event. And Netapp again is presenting on NetApp Data Fabric 2.0 @Arjantim @ChanEk81 @DeepStorageNet @settlersoman @darkkavenger @RayLucchesi @sfoskett @MBLeib @BenTGage https://tfd.bz/2pXpD82 also we have @davidchapa @ChrisMaki @mcbride_ruairi at the table and @PeytStefanova and @timwaldron in the room! Yes it’s the hashtag #NetAppInsight and #TFDx ! Here we go!…
NETAPP INSIGHT 2018 – TFDX- MAX Data
It’s Wednesday. We are here at the Netapp Insight event. And Netapp again is presenting on MAX Data. A Few of the delegates. @Arjantim @ChanEk81 @DeepStorageNet @settlersoman @darkkavenger @RayLucchesi @sfoskett @MBLeib @BenTGage https://tfd.bz/2pXpD82 also we have @davidchapa @ChrisMaki @mcbride_ruairi at the table and @PeytStefanova and @timwaldron in the room! Yes it’s the hashtag #NetAppInsight and #TFDx ! …
Netapp Insight 2018 – Keynote Day 2
It’s day three here at Netapp Insight. And we are gearing up for our second keynote shortly. Below I will do a live blog as I can of the keynote. Today’s focus is netapp’s data fabric. On the stage Henri Richard. He talks about leveraging you data. He likes…
Netapp Insight 2018 – TFDx- HCI Revealed! Hyper Converged or Hybrid Cloud?
I am sitting in Las Vegas , at a round table with some great colleagues today. No not at a poker table, but at yet another Tech Field Day. A Few of the delegates. @Arjantim @ChanEk81 @DeepStorageNet @settlersoman @darkkavenger @RayLucchesi @sfoskett @MBLeib @BenTGage https://tfd.bz/2pXpD82 also we have @davidchapa @ChrisMaki @mcbride_ruairi at the table and @PeytStefanova and @timwaldron…
Netapp Insight 2018 – Keynote Day 1
I am here today at Netapp’s Premier event as both a partner and a Tech Field Day Delegate. This is a live post in progress. They are Kicking off the keynote with some great music. #datadriven They start by kicking off a video about data driven. Netapp ‘s George Kurian kicks it…
2019 State of IT: Future Tech in the Workplace
This past July Spiceworks surveyed around 800 technology buyers across North American and European markets across a variety of segments for their 2019 State of Future Workplace Tech report. Among the findings are high levels of interest in deploying IoT, edge computing, artificial intelligence and block-chain based solutions by 2020. In positive current trends, organizations…
Spiceworks: Integrated suite of cloud-based tools
Also announced today at SpiceWorld Spiceworks also announced a free cloud based inventory application that integrates with their existing cloud based Help Desk and Remote Support applications. It will scan all IP enabled devices on a network giving the usual inventory details such as OS, hardware details and installed software. To get started with Spiceworks…
Spiceworks Platform: New AI capabilities
Spiceworks announced today the integration of A.I. into their platform to bring an increasingly personalized experience to the approximately 20 million people who utilize Spiceworks quarterly. Fast Answer pages is the first application, and groups the best answers for frequently asked questions together for quick access. To read more about how Spiceworks plans to utilize…