Tech OnTap Newsletter March 2011

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March 2011

NetApp Deduplication Look Under the Hood of the FAS6200 How Efficient Is Your IT Environment? Case Study: The Suncorp Private Cloud Check Out the NetApp IT Analyzer Tech OnTap Archive

Mina Eng Tech OnTap Editor

We've talked a lot lately about the technologies necessary to build a shared IT infrastructure. This issue features those technologies in action with a case study detailing how NetApp customer Suncorp leveraged our stack to build the foundation for a private cloud. Also, take a peek under the hood of the FAS6200, go back to basics with NetApp® dedupe, and check out our new look. Let us know what you think in our Community.

Suncorp Case Study: How We Built a Private Cloud Ross Windsor, Enterprise Architect, Suncorp Jason O'Brien, Storage Team Lead, Suncorp Suncorp, one of Australia's top-25 listed companies, consolidated 7 data centers down to 2, shortened provisioning time by 92%, and increased storage utilization by over 40%. The IT team integrated all the hot technologies that Tech OnTap has focused on for the last 18 months, including secure multi-tenancy, cloud, VDI, thin provisioning, deduplication, and more. Find out how they did it! More

Tips from the Trenches A Peek Under the Hood of the FAS6200 Steven Miller, Senior Technical Director and Platform Architect Major enhancements to the processor/memory complex and I/O subsystem allow NetApp’s new platform to deliver great top-line performance and plenty of headroom for important system tasks. More

Dave's Blog Does the Engenio Acquisition Destroy NetApp's "Unified Storage" Message Dave Hitz, NetApp Founder Will we now suffer from the disadvantages that EMC faces with its fragmented product line? We don't think so, and here's why. Read the Blog

Back to  Basics NetApp Deduplication Carlos Alvarez, Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer This second installment of "Back to Basics" digs into deduplication: how it works, use cases, and how to deploy it. More

Community Spotlight Share Storage Efficiency Best Practices Find out how others are getting the most out of their storage using technologies such as SATA, Flash Cache, and dedupe. How Does Your IT Environment Measure Up? Check out the NetApp® Efficient IT Analyzer  to see how your environment stacks up.