A full filer is not going to perform as well as one that has a little space to do its work. That’s why we’ve been talking about the concept of a “thin provisioned” filer, or a filer that has been…
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Performance Issues with a Full NetApp Filer
Tagged with: Caringo, Defragmentation, NetApp, Object Storage, Snapshot, Thin provisioning
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SlideShare: What Does Your Next NetApp Refresh Look Like?
Most organizations making an investment in NetApp Filers count on the system to store user data and host virtual machine datastores from an environment like VMware. In addition these organizations want their NetApp systems to do more and be the…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Caringo, NetApp, Object Storage, Unstructured data, VMware
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Posted in Slideshare
StorageShort: NAS to Object Storage Requires Automation
Object Storage can make a perfect back end storage repository for NAS systems that are at capacity, and many object storage vendors provide some sort of gateway like functionality so that their object store looks like an NFS store. The…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Caringo, NAS, NetApp, Object Storage, Unstructured data, VMware
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Podcast: Why is Unstructured Data Killing NAS?
Join Storage Switzerland and Caringo for a preview of our on demand webinar “What Does Your Next NetApp Refresh Look Like?“. No Registration Required! Most organizations making an investment in NetApp Filers count on the system to store user data…
Are You Asking Too Much of Your NetApp Filer?
Organizations are asking the present day NetApp Filer to do many things: host home directories, store machine generated data, host virtual machine images and even databases. What was once a single purpose appliance focused on file server replacement is now…
Tagged with: Caringo, Data Protection, FAS, ISCSI, NetApp, Object Storage, Replication, Snaphots, Unstructured data, VM
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Data Keepage – The Pros and Cons of Keeping Data
Maybe you don’t need to replace your NetApp filer. Maybe what you need to do is just make better use of it. Repurpose it and revitalize it instead of replacing it. Unstructured data – while incredibly valuable – usually has…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Caringo, NAS, NetApp, Object Storage, Unstructured data, VMware
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Webinar: What Does Your Next NetApp Refresh Look Like?
Most organizations making an investment in NetApp Filers count on the system to store user data and host virtual machine datastores from an environment like VMware. In addition these organizations want their NetApp systems to do more and be the…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Caringo, NetApp, Object Storage, Unstructured data, VMware
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SlideShare: 4 Ways to Improve NetApp Storage Performance Without Replacing It
Unstructured data is growing rapidly and IT planners are searching for ways to cost effectively store this data. While most unstructured data is inactive, a small portion of it is very active and the applications using that portion demand very…
Is Unstructured Data Breaking your NAS?
Today’s issues with unstructured data is vastly different than the unstructured data problems of the past. While users still play a roll, machines like sensors, cameras and other servers are generating most of the unstructured data we have to deal…
NetApp Finally Pivots
Last month I attended Storage Field Day 9, which included a two-hour presentation at NetApp headquarters. My summary statement of what I learned from the briefing is that NetApp is pivoting. By that I mean that they seem to have…
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