NetApp with Cisco VMware Hair ONTAP cloud storage Products

Data Ontap is a storage array operating system designed by NetApp for its FAs array and v-series third-array virtual front-end controllers. It can provide file-level and module-level storage, using standard ONTAP 7G and cluster Ontap GX. It is also expected to launch a ONTAP 8 later this year, in a way that combines the two variants. We expect it will also launch a new high-end FAs array, which will be more functional and more scalable than the FAS 6000 series array currently at the top end.

NetApp has not released any cloud storage products so far. NetApp says it does not provide cloud services on its own. "NetApp's strategy is not to build the cloud on its own, but to help others build it," said co-founder Dave Hitz on his blog. NetApp's core competencies are in storage and data management. This is a completely different technical field from the effective operation of large data centers. "

NetApp has started providing storage services to cloud service providers, including Oracle on Demand, Yahoo Mail, sap design, Photobucket, At&t, IBM hosting, and so on, he said. "We are already the largest cloud storage vendor in the industry," he said. "

However, NetApp is still trying to develop the product, hoping its products will perform better in the cloud computing environment. Bercovici publicly claimed to be the father of NetApp's cloud on August 3. NetApp has evaluated the cloud market and made some important strategic decisions, he said, and the company will announce the content of those decisions later this year.

Some of those strategic decisions are as follows: Don't compete with the best customers, don't reverse the market trends; Build an ecosystem of system integrators, telecoms companies and cable TV operators and technical partners. He said the company will use the strength of its partners to launch the most comprehensive cloud computing solution in the market. That sounds like it's going to launch a slew of products. NetApp, he said, would not establish an independent dedicated cloud-focused business or production line. NetApp will be completely transformed into a cloud-centric manufacturer, all of which will be cloud focused.

The problem is that existing application/server/storage products can be migrated to a highly virtualized horizontal shared infrastructure through virtualization technology. It's like adding a cloud interface to them that will be included in the virtualization infrastructure. In fact, they can only be virtual warehouses.