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Technical Report: Using the Linux NFS Client With Network Appliance Filers

This paper helps to get the best from the Linux NFS clients when used in an environment that includes Network Appliance filers. One will learn what level of performance to expect from the Linux systems. One will learn how to tune the Linux clients and diagnose performance and reliability problems....

Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Network File System, Network Appliance Filer, Linux, Storage, Ip storage, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

White papers 2006-02-01

Oracle10g RAC: Installation on Solaris 9 With Oracle10g CRS and a Network Appliance Filer

This technical report covers the installation of NetApp filers and enterprise-class Sun Microsystems SPARC architecture - based servers using the Solaris 9 operating system running the Oracle10g Real Application Clusters (10gR1, 10gR2 RAC) Database using Oracle10g Cluster Ready Services CRS. This is a certified configuration, and, as such, the components...

Tags: Sun Solaris 9, Network Appliance Inc., Network Appliance Filer, Oracle Real Application Cluster, NetApp, Blade Servers, Sun Solaris, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Data Management

White papers 2006-02-01

Network Appliance Filers Competitive Fibre Channel Performance: Comparing NetApp FAS Storage With EMC CLARiiON Arrays Using Cached Read Performance

Fibre Channel storage subsystems are complex computing systems. Because each system has its strengths and weaknesses, no single figure of merit captures the relative performance of storage systems across all workloads. This paper compares the Network Appliance FAS line of storage systems to EMC CLARiiON storage systems using cached read...

Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Fibre Channel, Performance, EMC Clariion, Network Appliance Filer, EMC Corp., Storage System, NetApp, Fibre Channel Storage Subsystem, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Hardware

White papers 2004-04-26

Additional Resources

Open Storage Adoption

Sun is leading the open storage revolution, combining open-source software with industry-standard system components to reduce storage costs by up to 90 percent. As a general term, open storage refers to storage systems built with an open architecture using industry-standard hardware and open-source software. In an open architecture, customers can...

Tags: Storage, Hardware

White papers 2008-05-01

The best Windows storage isn't on Windows

The best Windows storage isn't on WindowsMessage has been deleted.real-world consumersThe only question I have is this: Why does the real-world, end-user or home/personal computer user care?Certainly, corporations and educational/research institutions and possibly government sector types with perpetual libraries of research papers, legal filings, patents, archived copies of old newspapers,...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Sun Microsystems Inc., storage, Common Internet File System, Windows Storage, Make IT, OpenSolaris, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-29

Need a firewall? Download it

Need a firewall? Download itIpCop is great.I've been using it since version 1.3.0.9 in 10 small offices. The VPN feature was the main selling point for me. The largest of the offices is only 25 users so I can't say how it would perform with hundreds of users, although...

Tags: Firewalls, Network security, SECURITY, DOWNLOAD IT, firewall, IPCOP, iCAP, SmoothWall, SafeSquid, m0n0wall

Discussion threads 2007-11-21

Sun/NetApp patent dispute heats up

While Oracle and BEA are duking it out over acquisition price, Sun and NetApp are suing and countersuing each other over patents related to the Unix file system, ZFS. First, Network Appliance sued Sun, claiming that ZFS infringes on seven of its patents, and asked that ZFS be pulled from...

Tags: Software, Patent, Sun Microsystems Inc., NetApp, ZFS, Storage, Hardware, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-25

Sun fights back with patents of their own against NetApp

Jonathan Schwartz is not spoiling for a fight, but he's not shying away from one either. That's the takeaway message in today's blog entry from Sun's spunky CEO. On September 5th, Network Appliances filed a lawsuit against Sun claiming that ZFS infringed on seven of its patents....

Tags: Software, Patent, Storage Device, Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, NetApp, ZFS, Jonathan, Storage, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-10-24

Integrating Sybase Adaptive Server (ASE 12.5.x) for UNIX With a NetApp Filer

This paper describes the steps necessary to integrate Sybase Adaptive Server (ASE 12.5.x) for UNIX with a Network Appliance filer. This paper covers the following issues: installing Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise ASE 12.5.x on supported platforms with a filer, creating a new database with database devices on a filer and...

Tags: NetApp Filer, Sybase Adaptive Server, Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, Server, Sybase Inc., Unix, NetApp, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2005-03-01

Sybase ASE 12.5.x for UNIX: Integrating "Quiesce Database" Feature With Backup and Recovery Using a NetApp Filer Without Reboot

This paper covers the techniques for integrating the quiesce database feature provided in ASE for backing up and restoring a Sybase ASE 12.5.x server henceforth called Sybase server for a UNIX database when a Network Appliance filer is used for database storage. This paper covers the following topics: using the...

Tags: Recovery, NetApp Filer, Backup, Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, Sybase Inc., Unix, NetApp, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2005-03-01