Hello, my customer has NetApp FAS clusters in multiple sites and looking into S3 object storage that automatically replicates to different sites.
Currently we are running a PoC of a Ceph cluster running in each site with multisite synchronization configured (1 zonegroup and 1 zone for each site).
However running Ceph on top of a NetApp FAS cluster adds an additional layer of disk management and complexity.
I have looked into other solutions like:
StorageGRID seems to be multisite object storage but it looks like it is meant to run on dedicated hardware and not on a FAS cluster like Ceph.
ONTAP FabricPool supports cloud tiers for cold data but doesn't seem to support to replicate to a different ONTAP FabricPool cluster.
ONTAP 9.7 add S3 support as public preview but it doesn't seem to support multisite replication and it is unclear if it will be added in the future.
Can you guys help me pointing the best solution without purchasing new hardware?
We are not looking for moving into the cloud (yet).
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Looking for clarification on the windows options for lun create. https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli-9121//lun-create.html windows - the LUN will be used with a Master Boot Record (MBR) partition table on Microsoft Windows 2003 or earlier. windows_2008 - the LUN will be used with Microsoft Windows 2008 or later. windows_gpt - the LUN will be used with a GUID Partition Type (GPT) partition table on Microsoft Windows. I'm building servers newer than 2003 so would never use the "windows" MBR option. But my new servers are GPT so do I select windows_2008 or windows_gpt? What's the difference between these ostype parameters? I wish the "windows" type could be renamed to "windows_2003" so it's not misleading.
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I need to enable native audit at the volume level, not going to the share on windows -> properties-> Security and adding the SACL there as that will take long of time and fail if the user doesnt have permission over all folders and file. Is there any better way to enable SACL audit entries at the volume level from netapp cli? can you explain and post all command to enable audit and SACL on volume test per example?
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I have two (2) LUNs in a single volume. This prevents me from doing a Guest File Restore via SnapCenter.
If I were to move one of the LUNs to a new volume would this be at all disruptive if the LUN is currently presented to clustered ESXi hosts (6.5 U2) and contains several VMDKs which are attached as Basic Disks to Windows 2012 Servers?
Documentation doesn't specifically call out any risk of disruption and I've done similar operations via volume move without disruption. But rather than assume anything I was hoping the community could provide some real-world practical advice from the LUN perspective.
Thank you in advance for said advice.
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Hi Team,
Do we have support for 3-site replication in latest CDOT 9.7P5?
One of the customer has Primary Site, Near DR and FAR DR. Would like to check if NetApp supports 3-site replication?
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