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Fibre Channel HBAs initiator or target mode for netapp

How can you tell if the fibre channel hbas are in initiator or target mode in a NettApp SAN? Software/Hardware used: Netapp SAN, HBA

SAP on SQL Server and NetApp

Hi Everyone, We are looking for some feedback from anyone who has used NetApp with SAP running on a SQL database. We are researching white papers, etc., but would really like to hear from some folks with hands on experience. What has your experience been like? Any performance hits? Any caveats or...

Mirapoint Email Server anyone?

Wondering if anyone else uses Mirapoint email appliance? What have been your experiences with it. Both with Mirapoint in terms of support and with the server itself, and the quality of service. We have the appliance serving about 1000 clients, connected to a NetApp backend storage. ...

NetApp DataFort and PCI Compliance

Does NetApp DataFort meet current PCI requirements ? Software/Hardware used: NetApp DataFort

NetApp drive replacement warranty contract vs not

So I have taken a job where the entire network is falling apart and I have a couple NetApp filers. The FAS 3020 is still under contract and working fine with 7.0.4. It uses Seagate ST3146807FC FC-AL 10.6k 146GB fibre disks. The F840 however has a couple broken disks that need to be replaced and...

Performane issues on my Subversion (SVN) server on NFS (NetApp)

I have some performane issues on my Subversion (SVN) server on NFS, before we migrate our data to NFS (NetApp storage) it is in a local hard drive of the server and the check-out is fast, compare to NFS the time it took is double. Does any body here have some best practices on Subversion on NFS? We...

IBM/Netapp Filer with failover fencing and a Sun Cluster with a qurom drive

It has been a while and weﾒre still working on the Sun cluster. We have narrowed the issue down to the failover/fencing agent for Sun cluster. Either it is not happy or weﾒre misconfigured it. ISCSI is fine, but when we use an iSCSI LUN as a quorum device bad things happen. I...

Netapp N5200-G20 & planning for adding an ADIC iScalar2000 LTO4 Library by direct attached (without FC switch).

N5200-G20 and he is planning for adding an ADIC iScalar2000 LTO4 Library by direct attached (without FC switch), do you have experience with this type of setup? If so, didi you configure it and is the FC direct attach supported for ADIC iScalar2000? Also have you used and is there...

NETAPP SnapShot or VTL ???

Hello, We currently purchased 2 Netapp 3050 Filers for CIFS, FC, and ISCSI. We also have the Snapshot feature, but are not using it at this time. Now we are looking into a VTL for local recovery. Here's our dilema. Why not forget about the VTL and take advantage of the NETAPP's SNAPSHOT...

Netapp filer vs. IBM Ds8000

A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: Can somebody help me? I am trying to find the differences between a Netapps filer and IBM Ds8000 series storages and probably their bets use environment.

Cisco switch for iSCSI SAN

A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: I was wondering if you could recommend a Cisco switch that can be used for Exchange to SAN (NetApp FAS960C) iSCSI connectivity.

Netapps FAS960 vs. HP EVA 3000/5000

Hi All, Does anyone know off hand were to get something comprehensive that will compare performace of the netapps kit and the HP kit mentioned in the subject line. I realise there is alot of different scenarios around FC and isci etc, what i am looking for is something that will outline the max...