Today, I finally decided to debug an interesting issue that I have run across while testing the NetApp Docker Volume Plug-in. Part of the testing that I am doing involves deploying a Docker host, installing the plug-in, and provisioning containers and volumes on NetApp ONTAP Cloud. All has gone great and very simple to manage. […]
About a month ago, I spoke with a long time friend and we discussed the current challenges of automating NetApp’s ONTAP Cloud. Specifically, I pointed out that there had to be a better way to handle the provisioning of new systems. Currently, I have to pre-provision these ONTAP Cloud for AWS machines and then I can use them […]
Yesterday, the world paused as an AWS outage in Virginia brought down hundreds of businesses, websites, and applications. The full root-cause is still unknown but the impact was definitely felt. Many companies could do nothing more than watch as their business ground to a halt or felt serious stutter-step pains as applications faltered. Entire websites […]
The other day, I had an interesting conversation about migrating applications to the cloud. We started discussing the merits of ONTAP Cloud from NetApp and if it was more of a marketing opportunity than a real problem solver. The point being made is that it doesn’t seem like a clear direction for the product. This […]
I have worked with NetApp’s Data ONTAP for many years and much of my career revolves around my knowledge of the platform. Recently, I joined the NetApp A-Team and, of course, I jumped at that opportunity. For the past 6yrs, I have worked on many and exciting automation opportunities. A very important feature of Data […]
Over the years, I have done many projects with large Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) or Oracle database environments. In fact, I have done a lot around automating those platforms for Test&Dev environments. It always seems to come down to writing deployment strategies and automation scripts, typically using one of my many SQL Cookbooks in Chef. Recently, […]
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