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Flex Unified comes to Google Cluster Toolkit
Google Cloud NetApp Volumes Flex Unified is now a first-class citizen in the Google Cluster Toolkit. Starting with release v1.102.0, the netapp-storage-pool and netapp-volume modules provision Flex Unified pools and volumes directly from a blueprint, including zonal and regional pools, large capacity (scale-out) pools,…
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Kubernetes Meets Google Cloud NetApp Volumes ONTAP-Mode: Now Preview in Trident
Exciting news for Kubernetes storage management! NetApp Trident 26.06.1 is now available in Preview for use with Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (GCNV) ONTAP-mode. This update enables Trident to create and manage your Kubernetes volumes when your GCNV storage pool is in ONTAP-mode! Why ONTAP-mode? While Flex Unified default…
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Unlock precision at scale with NetApp Harvest: Real-time GCNV insights directly on Cloud Monitoring
In our previous blog post, we explored how NetApp Harvest provides a single collection layer across your entire storage estate, whether you are using ONTAP on-prem or in the cloud across Google Cloud, Azure, AWS etc. We also walked through the set up for Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (GCNV) Flex Unified pools with ONTAP-mode…
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Measuring Oracle Data Guard Fast-Start Failover RTO and RPO on Google Cloud NetApp Volumes
Measuring Oracle Data Guard Fast-Start Failover RTO and RPO on Google Cloud NetApp Volumes“Zero data loss” and “automatic failover” are common claims for Oracle Data Guard deployments. Those claims only hold weight when validated under real failure conditions, with evidence that would satisfy an Oracle DBA reviewing the…
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Independent Storage Scaling with Google Cloud NetApp Volumes NFS Datastores for Google Cloud VMware Engine
Overview Google Cloud VMware Engine gives you a familiar vSphere environment in Google Cloud. As VM estates grow, storage often becomes the bottleneck — and the cost driver. Adding ESXi nodes just to get more datastore capacity is rarely the most efficient answer. With Google Cloud NetApp Volumes Flex Unified, you can…
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Application-Consistent Snapshots for Oracle on GCNV- ONTAP mode with Consistency Groups
Why this matter? For many Oracle environments, the biggest challenge is not creating backups—it is recovering fast enough when a failure occurs. Traditional RMAN backups are copy-based, meaning backup and restore times grow with database size. As databases scale into tens or hundreds of terabytes, backup windows expand,…
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Streamlining Cloud Storage: How 430+ Developers are Mastering GCNV with the Cursor Agent
Bridging the Gap Between Code and Cloud Storage For modern developers, the "context switch" is a silent productivity killer. Managing cloud storage often requires jumping between a primary IDE, the cloud provider's console, various dashboards, and complex documentation just to provision or inspect a volume. This…
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Ransomware Protection for Google Cloud NetApp Volumes: Secure Your Data Without Compromise
Cloud storage shouldn't be a security trade-off. As an ONTAP user, you’ve relied on built-in ransomware intelligence to protect your most critical data. We've now brought that same proven technology to Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (GCNV), managed directly through the NetApp Console, a centralized platform that simplifies…
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Why your NetApp Volumes can't reach Active Directory (and other networks behind your VPC)
Google Cloud NetApp Volumes connects to your project through Private Service Access (PSA). PSA uses VPC Network Peering under the hood. VPC peering is not transitive: traffic cannot cross two consecutive VPC peerings. That design choice—not a NetApp Volumes defect—explains many support cases where mounts work from your VMs…
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NetApp Volumes and Google Cluster Toolkit: Two Ways to Integrate Shared Storage
Google Cluster Toolkit (open source, gcluster) helps you deploy repeatable AI/ML and HPC environments on Google Cloud—compute, networking, storage, and schedulers—using composable modules and blueprints. Google Cloud NetApp Volumes is a fully managed file and block storage service with multiprotocol access (NFS, SMB,…