Tego Data Newsletter

Keeping your Business and Data Connected

IN THIS EDITION

How to Get 100G Performance Out of Your 100GbE SDN >>

Veeam has released Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 >>

Managing data ranked as the #2 priority for CIOs >>

Previous 2016 Newsletter Editions available >>

SOLUTIONS

Data Storage

• NetApp
• INFINIDAT
• Kaminario (Flash)
• Big Data (HDFS)
• Panzura

Server Solutions

• Cisco
• Super Micro
• Nutanix
• HP
• SuperMicro
• Fujitsu

Network Infrastructure

• Cisco
• Juniper
• Mellanox
• HP
• Riverbed

Virtualization

• VMWare
• Microsoft
• Red Hat
• Citrix

Data Security

• Palo Alto Networks
• Trend Micro
• Fortinet
• F5 Networks
• Identity Finder
• Mimecast

Data Management

• AppDynamics
• Enterprise Recon
• STEALTHbits
• Ayetier

Backup and Recovery Software

• Veeam Backup & Replication
• Zerto
• CommVault
• Datacastle RED

Private Cloud Services

• Tego Fortress™ (IaaS)
• Tego Guard™ (DRaaS)
• Tego Safe™ (BaaS)

Professional Services

• Storage Implementation
• Network Services
• NetApp cDOT Migration
• Server and Desktop Virtualization
• Cloud Migration Services
• Security Assessment

WINTER 2016

Welcome to the last edition of our newsletter for 2016! As always, our goal is to ensure we are effectively communicating the latest product developments, solutions and best practices to our customers. For additional information please visit www.tegodata.com or contact your Account Executive.

Thank you for supporting Tego Data.

May your holidays be safe, secure, and joyful!

How to Get 100G Performance Out of Your 100GbE SDN

Sharing an informative Mellanox Blog on how to get the most from your network equipment.

The high bandwidth requirements of modern data centers are driven by the demands of business applications, data explosion, and the much faster storage devices available today. For example, to utilize a 100GbE link, you needed 250 hard drives in the past, while today, you need only three NVMe SSDs. Read more

Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Released

Veeam’s offering even more Enterprise Scalability with the release of Veeam Availability Suite 9.5.

Upgrade or Purchase through Tego Data to take advantage of:

• Enterprise-class scalability
• Replication from cloud backups
• Tenant self-service backup and restore
• Advanced storage integration now with even more storage vendors
• FULL integration with Microsoft 2016 data center technologies
• Veeam Agent for Linux now available, and for Microsoft coming soon

Read more

Managing data ranked as the #2 priority for CIOs

Leveraging the OnCommand System Manager (OCSM) bundled with NetApp ONTAP

System Manager is versatile, browser-based software that lets administrators configure and manage their clustered NetApp storage systems simply and easily, you don’t need to be a storage expert to manage NetApp storage.

Key Features:

• Automated nondisruptive (ONTAP) upgrade
• Storage provisioning and disk aggregate management
• Unified storage architecture for CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, FC, and FCoE configuration
• Storage virtual machine management
• Monitoring of HA pairs
• Snapshot and SnapMirror management
• NetApp SnapLock® feature support
• Support for all NetApp FAS systems and FlexArray software
• Support for NetApp All Flash FAS
• Support for ONTAP Cloud and ONTAP Select
• Support for SnapVault technology
• Support for up to 24 nodes
• 9.1 supports FlexGroup which provides scale-out file system constructed from multiple flexible volumes. System Manager provides FlexGroup deployment templates with improved reporting on space, data protection and performance.

Additional Resources:

• OCSM 9.1 Overview
• OCSM 9.1 FlexGroup Overview
• OCSM 9.1 Updated Dashboard

Additional OnCommand Portfolio tools included with ONTAP and can be downloaded from mysupport.netapp.com

Unified Manager (UM): UM Monitors the availability, capacity, performance, and protection of clustered Data ONTAP resources. It provides a single view of the customer’s NetApp storage health.

Performance Manager (PM): PM Collects, retains, and analyzes NetApp storage performance statistics and enables users to troubleshoot and resolve issues quickly. It is the performance management component of Unified Manager.

Workflow Automation: Enables automation and delegation of all repeatable storage management and storage service tasks. It facilitates the customer’s exact storage service, and standardizes process for best practices. It also integrates with orchestrators for end-to-end automated service delivery.

API Services: Uses REST APIs to pull data from Unified Manager and Performance Manager into a third-party management tool.

OnCommand Portfolio tools that are available for purchase

Insight: Enables storage resource management, including configuration and performance management and capacity planning, along with advanced reporting for heterogeneous environments. It optimizes storage management and capacity usage.

Cloud Manager: For NetApp Cloud ONTAP® and NetApp Private Storage environments. Customers can deploy clustered Data ONTAP on AWS cloud storage in minutes, and manage and track cloud resources with ease.

Shift: Enables fast, simple, and scalable virtual machine conversion between hypervisor platforms such as VMware ESX/ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V to optimize virtualization software investments.