Tech OnTap Newsletter October 2010

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Highlights

October 2010

WSC in Virtualized Environments

Thin Provisioning Use Cases

Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit

Move to a Shared IT Infrastructure

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Getting Started with the Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit
John Fullbright, Professional Services Consultant

This new toolkit lets you access hundreds of APIs from the NetApp® Manage ONTAP® SDK from within PowerShell scripts, allowing you to automate virtually any aspect of NetApp management.

Learn about the toolkit, including over 400 available cmdlets, the most common use cases, tips for getting started, and the best help resources.

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Tips from the Trenches

Blogging with Dave

Cisco Validated Design: 10,000 Exchange 2010 Seats (VMware, Cisco, NetApp)

Check out this end-to-end reference architecture built using Microsoft® Exchange, Cisco Unified Computing System™, VMware® vSphere™, and NetApp best practices.

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Dave Hitz
NetApp Founder and EVP

Discussion Series Part 1: Thinking 'Past-Ready' to be Future-Ready

Dave Hitz and ESG senior analyst, Mark Peters discuss what it takes for an IT organization to future-proof their IT environment.

Dave's Blog

Admin Resources

Special Online Event

Windows Consolidation in Virtualized Environments

These days, server sprawl and associated costs and complexity simply aren't acceptable. A recent report from ESG and a popular on-demand Webcast look at ways you can eliminate sprawl.

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Watch the Webcast

Make the Leap to a Shared IT Infrastructure

Is your IT ready for the future? Join us and learn how you can consolidate your operations by up to 80% fewer servers and reduce database recovery time by over 90%.

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Back to Basics

Using NetApp Thin Provisioning
Paul Feresten, Senior Product Marketing Manager
Uday Boppana, Technical Marketing Engineer

Back to Basics is a new Tech OnTap feature that explores the fundamentals of key NetApp technologies. Look for more installments in future issues.

This chapter explores thin provisioning, including what it is, how it works, use cases, and how to use it in both NAS and SAN environments.

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