NetAppOperatingSystems DataONTAP

DataONTAPisNetAppsmostpopularstorageoperatingsystem.
ItrunsonNetAppsFabricAttachedStorageFASsystems.
FASsystemsaredesignedassharedstoragesystems.
TheysupportvariedworkloadsoveramultitudeofsupportedSANand
NASstorageprotocolsandhaveflexiblefeatures.
NetAppOperatingSystems SANtricity

NetAppalsoofferESeriessystemswhichrunontheSANtricity
operatingsystem.
ESeriessystemsaredesignedtosupportapplicationsthatneed
dedicatedSANbasedstorage,particularlywheretheapplication
managesitsowndata.
TheESeriessystemsevolvedfromtheacquisitionofEngenio in2011.
7ModevsClusteredDataONTAP
DataONTAPcomesintwomodes:7ModeandClustered(alsoknown
asClusterModeorCDOT).
AFASsystemcanruneither7ModeorClustered,butnotbothatthe
sametime.
Bothmodesdoexactlythesamejob.Itistheoperatingsystemwhich
controlseverythingonthestoragesystem.
7ModevsClusteredDataONTAP
7ModeevolvedfromNetAppsoriginaloperatingsystem,DataONTAP
7G.
ClusteredDataONTAPevolvedfromtheacquisitionofSpinnaker
Networksin2003andDataONTAPGX.
ClusterModeismorescalablethan7Mode.
TheearlysoftwareversionsofClusteredDataONTAPwerelimitedin
featurescomparedto7Mode.
DataONTAPmovingforward

Inversionsearlierthan8.3,NetAppreleasedDataONTAPinboth
modesandcustomerscouldchoosetodeploythefullfeaturesupport
of7ModeorthescalabilityofClusterMode.
NetAppworkedtowardsachievingfeatureparityonClusterModeover
thelastseveralsoftwareversions.
DevelopmentofnewfeaturesfocusedonClusterMode.
Fromversion8.3itisonlyavailableasClustered.