Surfing Technology Curves Steve Kleiman CTO Network Appliance Inc.

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Surfing Technology Curves Steve Kleiman CTO Network Appliance Inc.

Book Plug

About NetApp

Filers: Fast, Simple, Reliable and Multi-protocol

Filers: Fast, Simple, Reliable and Multi-protocol

Filers: Fast, Simple, Reliable and Multi-protocol

Filers: Fast, Simple, Reliable and Multi-protocol

Wave 1: Networks, Appliances and Software

Network and Storage Bandwidth

The Appliance Revolution

Appliance philosophy

Filer Architecture

Roads Not Taken

DataOnTap Architecture

DataOnTap

WAFL: Write Anywhere File Layout

Wave 2: Memory-to-Memory Interconnects

Problem:

Clustered Failover Architecture

Memory-to-Memory Interconnects

Mirroring NVRAM

Leveraged Components

Wave 3: The Internet

The Consequences of Higher-speed Internet Access

Yet Another Appliance

NetCache

Cacheable Content

Wave 4: The Death of Tapes

Using Tapes for Disaster Recovery

SnapMirror

Creating a Snapshot

WAFL: Block Map File

Consistent Image Propagation

Wave 5: Local File Sharing and Virtual Interface Architecture

ISPs: Scalable Services

Database

Local File Sharing

Local File Sharing Architecture Characteristics

What is VI?

VI Architecture

VI-compliant implementations

How VI Improves Data Transfer

Direct Access File System

DAFS Benefits

DAFS vs. SAN

Summary

Summary

Author: Steve Kleiman

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