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Announcing NetApp Disaster Recovery for Kubernetes, now in Public Preview
We are thrilled to announce the public preview release of NetApp Disaster Recovery for Kubernetes. This exciting new capability is built upon Trident Protect and offers centralized monitoring, reporting, and management for Kubernetes-based deployments. Figure 1) NetApp Disaster Recovery overview Key Features and Benefits…
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Unifying Infrastructure with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and Google Cloud NetApp Volumes
Co-author: Firas Yasin, Red Hat You need to modernize, but you can't afford to rewrite every application for containers overnight. The common approach creates a costly divide: your modern apps run in one environment, and your traditional VMs run in another. This forces you to pay for two infrastructures, manage two…
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Auto-Scaling Kubernetes Storage on Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (Preview)
Imagine your team running a customer‑facing application on Kubernetes, backed by a critical database. As usage grows, so does the data, but storage capacity doesn’t automatically keep up. Traditionally, the team must constantly monitor utilization, watch for alerts, and manually expand volumes before the application is…
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NetApp Trident Orchestrates Google Cloud NetApp Volumes Block for Kubernetes
Authors: Zach Ward & Diane Patton, NetApp Exciting update for container developers and operators! If your applications need high-performance block storage, Google Cloud NetApp Volumes (GCNV) now has you covered. With the general availability of Enterprise block (iSCSI) with Flex Unified storage pools in GCNV and the latest…
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NetApp Trident protect metrics and monitoring
NetApp® Trident™ protect provides advanced application data management capabilities that enhance the functionality and availability of stateful Kubernetes applications supported by NetApp ONTAP storage systems and the NetApp Trident Container Storage Interface (CSI) storage provisioner. It is compatible with a wide range…
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Security and Multi-Tenancy Concerns
Hi Team, In our Kubernetes (K8s) environment, each application team is assigned their own namespace, and they deploy their own pods within it. While testing the NetApp Trident integration, we observed the following and would appreciate your feedback on how we can address these concerns: * Tenant A provisions a…
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Enhancing Data Consistency: Volume Group Snapshots in OpenShift Virtualization with Trident
By now, you're probably familiar with Trident, the powerful tool that enables seamless consumption and management of storage resources across all popular NetApp storage platforms. Whether you're working in the public cloud or on-premises, Trident has you covered. It supports a wide range of NetApp storage solutions,…
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Google Cloud NetApp Volumes data protection with Trident dynamic provisioning
Authors: Sudhir Jain, Google Ore Adesina, Diane Patton, NetApp Introduction In today's cloud-native landscape, data protection is paramount, especially when dealing with stateful applications deployed on Kubernetes. Many enterprise customers use dynamic volume creation and Container Storage Interface (CSI) provisioners to…
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Trident node parallelism
Scaling Kubernetes storage with NetApp Trident: From bottlenecks to breakthroughs Picture this: Your application is humming along, serving millions of users with ease, scaling up as demand spikes, and never missing a beat. That’s the dream Kubernetes delivers. Kubernetes—or K8s, as the cool kids call it—is the unsung hero…
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NetApp Backup & Recovery preview support for Kubernetes workloads
Last week, NetApp previewed its new Backup and Recovery solution for Kubernetes-based containers, offering seamless, unified protection for applications on NetApp storage. This integration is a game-changer for those managing modern applications in their organizations. Key Highlights: * Unified Protection: Manage and…