《NetApp Data Ontap核心基础技术技术工程师培训》.ppt

* * * * * * EMC (& others) use an older architectural paradigm: BASE + OFFSET. Volumes are defined by a BASE. And blocks are accessed from the volume at an OFFSET from the BASE. As a result, Snapshoted data has to physically move out of the offset location for a particular block of data. Let’s see what that means to system operation … * * * * * * * * CreateSnapshot WriteData ReadData * * Side by side comparisons of snapshot performance shows the difference in our performance vs. EMC system performance. * * This module of the course is intended as a quick high-level review of NetApp’s core software technology. You’ve had the chance to go through the Web based courses that were listed as prerequisites for this class. One of those modules provided an overview of NetApp’s software technology. So this module is a review of that information as well as an introduction to a few more products to make sure we are all on the same page. What is emphasized here is that many of our most important core features are inside of the operating system of DataONTAP. They do not require a separate download, a separate install, a reboot, a separate blade, or a gateway. The features are already there, inside of the operating system, ready to be used. Many of capabilities require an additional license to enable them and use, but they are all already inside of the operating system. Then of course there are the pieces outside of Data ONTAP. Some pieces reside on SAN Hosts, to help manage those hosts and bring simplicity of management to application and host administrators. These features free them from always having to rely on server administrators and storage administrators to accomplish some of the basic storage tasks There are administration tools for administrating large environments. Yahoo for example, as our largest customer, has roughly 1200 systems online simultaneously. How do you manage 1200 systems? That is an important, challenging question. Even a small shop co