TechONTAPPodcast

Episode 210 - Rubrik 101

24 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we discuss the recently announced NetApp-Rubrik partnership and cover the basics of what Rubrik is and can do for NAS data p...

Episode 209: Designing an End-to-End Genomics Solution Using NetApp

20 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we talk genomics and how to design an end to end solution using NetApp products across the portfolio with Cloud Solution Arc...

Episode 207 - VMworld 2019 Recap

06 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we bring in Chris Gebhardt, Keith Norbie and Bryce Cracco to tell us all about what went down for NetApp at VMworld 2019 in ...

Episode 206: NetApp, Intel and AI with Remi el-Ouazzane

30 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we talk with Intel’s Vice President, Artificial Intelligence Products Group, Remi el-Ouazzane and NetApp’s Hoseb Dermill...

Episode 205: VMworld 2019 Preview

23 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we invite a slew of people to talk about what will be going on from a NetApp perspective at VMworld 2019 in San Francisco. ...

Episode 204 - Chainkit with Val Bercovici

16 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, an old friend joins us to talk about his newest venture into blockchain and security. Join us as we discuss Chainkit and Pen...

Episode 203: Intel and NetApp - Edge to Core to Cloud to VMworld 2019

09 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we talk with Intel’s CTO Bill Giard about what Intel’s been up to with hybrid cloud and VMware, as well as what they mig...

Episode 202: TCP Performance Enhancements in ONTAP 9.6 - CUBIC TCP

02 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we bring in networking guru Richard Scheffenegger to discuss how networking performance over long distance WANs is crazy fas...

Episode 201: NVIDIA, NetApp and AI

26 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we welcome Tony Paikeday from NVIDIA and NetApp Technical Director Santosh Rao to talk about AI and if it’s here to stay o...

Episode 200 - Cloud, Mentorship and Comics with Kaslin Fields

19 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we celebrate our 200th episode by inviting some old friends back to talk about cloud, mentoring and comics!

Episode 198: NetApp A-Team ETL 2019

05 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, the NetApp A-Team joins us to discuss their experiences at the annual ETL meeting at NetApp HQ. Find out what stuff stood ou...

Episode 197: NetApp Accelerates Genomics

28 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we talk about genomics – from an overview to the disruptive impact genetic analytics is having on not only science and hea...

Episode 196: Intel, NetApp and High Performance Computing

17 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, Intel joins us to talk about high-performance computing, cloud analytics and artificial intelligence, as well as how Intel a...

Episode 195 – Data Above, Data Below with Matt Watts

14 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we check in on “Watts” Matt (@mtjwatts) has been up to since we last checked in on him in Episode 135. This time aroun...

Episode 194: Cloud Volumes ONTAP, FlexCache and ONTAP 9.6

07 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we talk about how FlexCache and Cloud Volumes ONTAP play together in ONTAP 9.6, as well as what use cases you might leverage...

Episode 193: Quarterly Security Update - ONTAP 9.6

31 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we deliver our quarterly security update – focusing on ONTAP 9.6 - with members of our security team.

Episode 192: REST APIs in ONTAP 9.6

24 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we talk REST APIs in ONTAP 9.6 and how REST APIs will improve the overall ONTAP deployment experience.

Episode 191: Commvault Overview

17 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we invite Commvault to talk about their latest offerings and how they tie in to the NetApp Data Fabric! Featured in this p...

Episode 190: ONTAP 9.6 Hardware Update

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, Hardware TME Chris Lueth joins us to discuss the latest hardware that’s coming out with the new ONTAP 9.6 release, includi...

Episode 189: ONTAP 9.6 Overview

10 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we give you the lowdown on the latest ONTAP 9.6 release with ONTAP Systems Group Vice President Octavian Tanase, Senior Dire...

BONUS CONTENT: ONTAP 9.6 Feature Overview

08 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Don't have time to listen to the entire ONTAP 9.6 overview episode? Just need a quick rundown of the new features in ONTAP 9.6? Look no further! Spend...

Episode 188: FlexGroup Update

03 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, FlexGroup lead developer Richard Jernigan and Technical Director Dan Tennant join us to give an update on what’s new in Fl...

Episode 186: ONTAP Storage Efficiency Overview

19 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we talk ONTAP storage efficiencies with a team of ONTAP storage efficiency developers and the storage efficiency Product Man...

Episode 184 – Don't Panic! It’s Only Cloud!

05 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we try to convince you not to panic - it’s just cloud. Join NetApp Cloud Architect Phoebe Goh, NetApp Technical Marketing ...

Episode 183: NetApp Kubernetes Service

29 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we talk to NetApp’s Cloud Native Technical Director Matt Baldwin and TME Ariel Jatib about NetApp Kubernetes Service (NKS ...

Episode 182: NetApp on NetApp - FlexGroups and Active IQ

22 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we invite in the guys from Customer One, who operate the NetApp on NetApp program. NetApp on NetApp is a program where we le...

Episode 181 - ONTAP Networking Deep Dive and Tips

15 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we invite networking guru Richard Scheffenegger to nerd out on a variety of networking topics as a follow up to Episode 172:...

Episode 180 - Cloud Volumes ONTAP Overview

08 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we give the lowdown on Cloud Volumes ONTAP. What are they? Who’s using them? What are the use cases? Join us as we invit...

Episode 179: StorageGRID Webscale 11.2

01 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we chat about the latest release of NetApp’s object storage solution – StorageGRID Webscale 11.2! Join us as we ask Stor...

Episode 178: SAN Overview and SAN Health

22 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we cover SAN – what it is and when to use it, as well as the new free tool, SAN Health from Brocade with SAN/Perf/NVMe TME...

Episode 177: Data Science

15 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we nerd out on data science and what it means to NetApp and its customers with a couple of NetApp data scientists – Garth ...

Episode 176: NetApp Cloud Insights

08 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, NetApp Product Manager James Holden joins us to talk about NetApp Cloud Insights, the new cloud-resident monitoring and anal...

Episode 175: Service Providers Using NetApp featuring Tierpoint

01 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we talk to David Hines of Tierpoint about how a service provider uses NetApp and what value they get out of the rich ONTAP f...

Episode 174: Veeam 9.5 Update 4

25 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we chat with the Veeam team – Evangelists Michael Cade and Melissa Palmer, and NetApp architect Adam Bergh - about what’...

Episode 173: NetApp Advanced Technology Group

18 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we unveil one of NetApp’s best kept secrets with Andrew Klosterman. Join us as we discuss what the Advanced Technology Gro...

Episode 172: Scale Out Networking in ONTAP

11 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we break down the latest networking enhancements in ONTAP, including virtual IP, BGP and TCP blackhole detection. We also ta...

Episode 171: Cloud Data Services with Nick Howell

04 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we catch up with NetApp’s newest old employee (or is it oldest new employee?) to see what he’s been up to, how he ended ...

Episode 170: Active IQ

21 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we talk NetApp Active IQ and how it can benefit storage administrators with guest co-host Dan Isaacs, Active IQ TME Brett Al...

Episode 169: Quarterly Security Update - Winter 2018

14 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we continue our Quarterly Security Update series on the podcast with Security PM Andrae Middleton and Security TMEs Matt Tru...

Episode 168: NetApp Insight 2018 - Barcelona Recap

10 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We recap NetApp Insight 2018 in Barcelona with some special guests and wrap it all up with the NetApp A-Team!

BONUS CONTENT: NetApp Insight 2018 Barcelona - Roaming Insight Central

10 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

At NetApp Insight 2018 in Barcelona, I acted as a roving reporter and walked up to booths to see what conversations were being had at the event. I als...

Episode 167: VMware Private Cloud on NetApp HCI

30 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we find out what a great fit VMware Private Cloud is on NetApp HCI with the Storage Janitor, Andy Banta and HCI Solution Eng...

Episode 166: SnapMirror Synchronous

23 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we chat all about SnapMirror Synchronous, including technical details, what to expect for the initial use cases and where it...

BONUS CONTENT: ONTAP 9.5 Feature Overview

20 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Don't have time to listen to the entire ONTAP 9.5 overview episode? Just need a quick rundown of the new features in ONTAP 9.5? Look no further! Spend...

Episode 165: Accelerate your NAS Data with FlexCache

16 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we talk about the new iteration of ONTAP’s NAS acceleration feature, FlexCache! Join us as we discuss with NetApp’s Tech...

Episode 164 - NetApp Data Availability Services

09 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we welcome Yossi Weihs and Charlotte Brooks in to discuss the new cloud resident backup orchestrator, brand new in ONTAP 9.5...

Episode 163: ONTAP 9.5

02 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we cover the latest ONTAP release and the vision for ONTAP in general with “the ONTAP guy,” Octavian Tanase. We also div...

Episode 162: NetApp Insight 2018 - Las Vegas Recap

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we recap NetApp Insight 2018 in Las Vegas, with a variety of special guests, including some familiar voices, as well as some...

BONUS CONTENT: NetApp Insight 2018 Las Vegas - Roaming Insight Central

27 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

At NetApp Insight 2018 in Las Vegas, I decided to try something new. I acted as a roving reporter and walked up to booths to see what conversations we...

Episode 161: ONTAP Select Updates

19 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, Peter Skovrup, Senior Director of Product Management for ONTAP Select joins us to discuss what’s the latest and greatest f...

Episode 160: Converged Systems Advisor 3.0 for FlexPod

12 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, Sr. Product Manager Wyatt Bennett joins us to talk about the latest release of Converged Systems Advisor and how it can impr...

Episode 159: NetApp at AnsibleFest

01 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, NetApp TME David Blackwell and Sr. Product and Program Manage Lawrence Bunka join us to discuss what NetApp will be up to at...

Episode 158: NetApp Insight 2018 Preview

28 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we break down NetApp Insight 2018 with a plethora of special guests. Listen as we discuss what sessions you should check out...

Episode 157: Performance Analysis Using OnCommand Unified Manager

21 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we welcome Mr. Performance himself, Tony Gaddis to give us a tutorial on easily finding performance issues using OnCommand U...

Episode 156: SnapCenter 4.1

14 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, the SnapCenter Wonder Twins - TMEs Steven Cortez (@mscproductions) and Jeanine Walter (@j9Walter) join us to give the lowdo...

Episode 155: Trident 18.07 and… Goodbye Sully?

07 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we make Sully do work on his last day at NetApp, as we discuss what’s new in NetApp Trident 18.07. We also have some speci...

Episode 153: VVols and VMware Best Practices in ONTAP

24 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, ONTAP Virtualization TME Karl Konnerth (@konnerth) joins us to give us the latest in VMware best practices for ONTAP, as wel...

Episode 152: VMworld 2018 Preview + NetApp HCI Update

17 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, VMworld 2018 is fast approaching! Join me and a group of NetApp’s finest virtualization experts to discuss what’s in...

Episode 151: Honeycomb.io, Serverless and DevOps

10 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, Honeycomb.io CEO Charity Majors (@mipsytipsy) joins the Tech ONTAP podcast team (with special guest host Josh Atwell) to dis...

Episode 150 - Tech Career Advancement with Yadin Porter de Leon

03 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we change it up a bit and bring in VMware Global Executive Content Strategist, Tech LevelUp founder, Sunnyvale VMUG leader, ...

Episode 149 - Cloud Volumes Service Performance with Oracle Databases

27 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, TME Chad Morgenstern joins us to discuss how performance looks in Cloud Volumes Service for Oracle Database workloads.

Episode 148 – An Introduction to Cloud Volumes Service

20 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we invited Technical Director Eiki Hrafnsson and Solutions Marketing Manager Ingo Fuchs to give us the lowdown on what Cloud...

Episode 147: SPC-1v3 AFF A800 Results

13 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we find out how the new NetApp A800 system fared in the rigorous SPC-1 v3 storage benchmarks. Can the NVMe attached SSDs tru...

Episode 146: OpenStack Summit 2018 + OpenStack FlexPod

06 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we bring in some of the NetApp OpenStack crew to discuss OpenStack Summit 2018 in Vancouver. Join Product Marketing Manager ...

Episode 145: AI, Machine Learning, & ONTAP

29 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, NetApp Senior Technical Director Santosh Rao joins us to talk about how NetApp and NVidia are partnering to enhance A...

Episode 144: NetApp A-Team ETL 2018

22 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, the NetApp A-Team descends upon NetApp HQ in Sunnyvale, CA to get briefings on upcoming roadmap information and to give feed...

Episode 143: NetApp Service Level Manager 1.0 GA

15 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we’re joined by NetApp Service Level Manager Product Managers Yossi Weihs and Naga Anur to discuss the latest GA release o...

Episode 142: Supportability in ONTAP

08 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we dish out information on one of NetApp’s best kept secrets – the supportability team! Join us as we uncover the work M...

Episode 141: FabricPool Enhancements in ONTAP 9.4

01 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, FabricPool Lifeguard/TME John Lantz discusses the latest enhancements to the cloud-connected feature in ONTAP 9.4, as well a...

Episode 140: Quarterly Security Update - ONTAP 9.4 and GDPR

25 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we bring in Security PM Juan Mojica and Security TMEs Andrae Middleton and Dan Tulledge to get ready for GDPR by discussing ...

Episode 139: ONTAP 9.4 - NVMe and New Platforms

18 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we brought in an army of hardware and NVMe experts to discuss the newest NVMe features in ONTAP 9.4 and what new hardware pl...

Episode 138: ONTAP 9.4 Overview

11 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, ONTAP 9.4 is here! I managed to snag ONTAP Senior Vice President Octavian Tanase and ONTAP Chief Evangelist Jeff Baxter to d...

ONTAP 9.4 - Feature Overview

08 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

ONTAP 9.4 has been announced! Listen to this short 5 minute teaser to find out what's new at a high level and learn when new podcasts on ONTAP 9.4 wil...

Episode 137: Name Services in ONTAP

27 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we talk Name Services in ONTAP and the introduction of the new global name services cache in ONTAP 9.3 with NAS TME, Chris H...

Episode 136: Modernizing Dev and QA the NetApp Way

20 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we invited a couple of NetApp’s own dev and QA members – David Pressley and Mekka Williams – to discuss how NetApp is ...

Episode 135: Cattle, Pets and the Hive Mentality in Tech with Matt Watts

13 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, NetApp Director of Technology and Strategy in EMEA, Matt Watts, joins us, to talk about his latest blog and how current tech...

Episode 134 – The Active IQ Story: Building a Data Pipeline for Machine Learning

06 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, Active IQ Technical Director Shankar Pasupathy joins us and tells us how AutoSupport’s infrastructure and backend evolved ...

Episode 133: Inside the NetApp E-Series E5700 & EF570

30 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we talk about what's new with the E-Series E5700 and the incredibly fast EF570, as well as where E-Series fits in the NetApp...

Episode 132: Vector Data

23 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we find out just how resilient ONTAP can get when we talk to Vector Data, who specializes in customized ruggedized ONTAP dep...

Episode 131: NetApp at Storage Field Day 15

16 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we chat with the founder of Gestalt IT, Stephen Foskett and NetApp A-Team member/Storage Field Day 15 delegate, Glenn Dekhay...

Episode 130: WAFL Deep Dive

09 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we do a deep dive on WAFL with some of the folks that write the code.

Episode 129: Cloud Control - Guarding Your SaaS Data

02 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

NetApp Solutions Architect Niyaz Mohamed joins us to discuss Cloud Control and how it fits into the NetApp Data Fabric.

Episode 128: OnCommand Unified Manager 7.3

23 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, Yossi Weihs and Philip Bachman join us to talk about the latest OnCommand Unified Manager release and make a compelling case...

Episode 127: NetApp United

14 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, NetApp United is looking for new members! We bring the head of the program - Petya Stefanova - to give us a rundown, as well...

Episode 126: Komprise

09 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we bring in Komprise (@Komprise) CEO Kumar Goswami (@KumarKGoswami) to chat about data management and how their software hel...

Episode 125: ONTAP and Deep Learning

02 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we invited NetApp Sr. Technical Director Santosh Rao in to speak about deep learning, AI, big data and how these fast emergi...

Episode 124: SnapCenter 4.0

26 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we break down the latest and greatest features available in SnapCenter 4.0 with SnapCenter Product Manager, Anand Ranganatha...

Episode 123: StorageGRID 11

19 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we bring in Tech ONTAP Podcast vet Duncan Moore to give us a rundown of StorageGRID 11, NetApp’s object storage solution!

Episode 122: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

12 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we chat with a couple of NetApp’s cloud guys – Mark Beaupre and John Fullbright – about the latest way to consume ONT...

Episode 121: KubeCon 2017 Recap + Kubernetes Primer

29 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we invited RedHat OpenShift developer Clayton Coleman to chat about KubeCon 2017 and Kubernetes with NetApp Technical Direct...

Episode 120: Quarterly Security Update (December 2017)

22 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we conduct our quarterly security update with Juan Mojica, Security Product Manager, and Mike Scanlin, Information Assurance...

Episode 119: NFSv4.x Deep Dive

15 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, I pass the NFS torch on to Chris Hurley as we talk about NFSv4.x in ONTAP and why you should be thinking of making the move ...

Episode 118: MetroCluster Primer

08 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we cover everything you want to know about MetroCluster with Nabil Fares, MetroCluster TME, and Niels Reker, Solutions Archi...

Episode 117: QoS and Performance in ONTAP 9.3

01 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we invited the NTAPFLIGuy, Mike Peppers, to talk about QoS and Performance in ONTAP 9.3. Listen for a general overview of Qo...

Episode 116: NetApp Insight Berlin 2017 Recap

23 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we say Auf Wiedersehen to Berlin for the last time as we recap NetApp Insight 2017 with the NetApp A-Team!

Episode 115: Primary Data

13 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, Brendan Wolfe and Douglas Fallstrom from NetApp partners Primary Data joined us to discuss what Primary Data does and how it...

Episode 114: Introducing ONTAP 9.3

09 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we talk with Senior Vice President of the ONTAP group, Octavian Tanase and Chief ONTAP Evangelist Jeff Baxter about the lat...

Episode 113: OpenStack Basics

03 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we invited a couple of OpenStack experts to help us understand what it takes to go from novice to expert when deploying and ...

Episode 112: NFLEX Overview

03 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we brought in our resident converged infrastructure Melissa Palmer to talk about NFLEX, the latest converged infrastructure...

Episode 111 – Veeam 10 with Michael Cade

27 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast, we bring in Mr. Veeam, Michael Cade (https://vzilla.co.uk/) to talk about the latest Veeam release, as well as the blossomi...