NetApp Storage fundamentals

1. NetApp and the storage industry
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2. Google, Twitter, Facebook
are one of the biggest
companies in the world just
because of
DATA!!
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3. is the best
search engine in the
world!
Because it stores and indexes the
entire WEB like no other
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4. Facebook has over a billion users
today!
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5. As a saying goes..
“You can have data without
information, but you cannot have
information without data”
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6. You get the point.. right?
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7. With more data, comes the
challenge of storing data
in a reliable way
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8.  Ease of administration
 Performance
 Scalability
 Availability
 Disaster Recovery
 Reduced Cost
 Quick Replication
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9. Your computer!
Host layer
(Servers)
Fabric layer
(Switch/ Hub(s))
Disk
storage
Tape
storage
Storage layer
(Filers/ Disk Racks)
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10. Data flow
Host layer
Host
Operating
System
Software
application
HBA
driver
GLM
HBAA
Optical
cable
Data flow
Fabric layer
Optical
cable
GBIC
Switch
Fabric
OS
GBIC
Optical
cable
Data flow
Storage layer
Disk
storage
Tape
storage
Optical
cable
GLM
Storage
array
controller
RAID
Controller
GBIC
Optical
cable
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14. Standard modular switch
Director-class switch

20. Let me take you to a tour of
GOOGLE and FACEBOOK
Data Centers
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21. Host layer of SAN is made up of server
and its components like
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Host bus adapter (HBA)
Host bus adapter drivers
Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC)
Cables
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22. Fabric layer is the actual, tangible
network part of the SAN. Which moves data
around from a source to a destination.
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SAN Hubs
SAN Switches
Data routers
Protocol bridges
Gateway devices
Cables
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23. Storage layer consists of all the disk and
tape arrays that stores your data
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25. Lets see what makes
stand out!!
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26. NetApp believes in one tool for
many jobs
Data ONTAP®
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Based on FreeBSD Unix like operating system
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Implements proprietary file-system called WAFL
(Write Anywhere File Layout)
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Implements proprietary redundancy algorithm
NetApp® RAID-DP®
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Data Deduplication & Compression
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FilerView Tool
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NetApp Flash Pool
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NetApp FlexShare
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NetApp FlexVol
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RAID-DP
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NetApp Snapshot
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MetroCluster
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SnapVault
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SnapRestore
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SnapLock Compliance and SnapLock Enterprise
Software
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SnapMirror Data Replication
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SnapProtect Management Software
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30. Let’s have a look at how each of
these protection software work!
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It is implemented similar to log-structured file
system
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Snapshots is one of the most salient feature of
WAFL. It is a read only copy of the file system. This
gives raise to a host of software products from
NetApp
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Supports Unix like file & directory layout for NFS
users and Microsoft file & directory layout of CIFS
users i.e. Windows and Unix users can use the
same networked volumes
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32. 
Is a suite of web-based applications hosted on the
NetApp support site which helps you Analyse,
Model and Optimize your storage
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NetApp AutoSupport has to be enabled by the
customer/vendor to leverage all the tools in
NetApp My AutoSupport
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My AutoSupport proactively identifies storage
infrastructure issues through a continuous healthcheck feature and automatically provide a stepby-step plan to avoid disruptions
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33. Let us see how My AutoSupport
helps NetApp customers
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Storage Efficiency Profiling
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Configuration summary and comparison
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Proactive Health Check
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Performance Trending
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Event Alert History
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Transition Advisor
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40. Q&A
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41. That’s all folks.. Thank YOU! 
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