Looking for ONTAP Simulator with larger configuration limits to test FabricPool

[philipb]

The simulator is limited to 56 drives. The SSD drive size limit is 500MB and the HDD is limited to 9GB. IPartner is trying to build a simulator that will allow testing FlashPools, SnapDiff and copy-to-cloud. I have real NetApp systems, just not all flash.

[GidonMarcus]

Why not try ONTAP select?

https://www.netapp.com/us/forms/tools/90-day-trial-of-ontap-select.aspx

[philipb · Accepted solution]

That is the best solution. Confirming my thoughts

[paul_stejskal]

Or even CVO would be perfect since you can do Fabricpool on that.

[philipb]

Paul, that would involve paying for disks.  Partner said Select is the best option.

Thanks

Phil

[paul_stejskal]

9.7 does allow for using a different aggregate, so you could set up a SSD aggr and HDD aggr in CVO. I'm not sure of cost, but I was just presenting an alternate option besides Select (if it didn't work for some reason).