NetApp FAS and AFF (ONTAP)

NetApp ONTAP is the file-and-block workhorse in a lot of mid-size and enterprise environments, especially where SMB file services, NFS for VMware and SnapMirror replication matter. We support FAS hybrid systems and AFF all-flash A-series, from ONTAP 9.x upgrades to controller swaps.

We also do the unglamorous work: certificate renewals, CIFS server domain issues, aggregate growth and the migration off a system that has reached end of support.

At a glance

What RackLedge does

• ONTAP upgrades and non-disruptive controller replacement
• SnapMirror DR design and failover tests
• Active Directory and CIFS troubleshooting
• Migration to or from ONTAP

How we work

Storage projects begin with an honest capacity and performance baseline: how much data, how fast it grows, what IOPS and latency the applications actually need. That baseline decides between an entry SAN, a unified array, a NAS or a hyper-converged design, and it keeps vendors from selling you the biggest box.

We build the network under the storage as carefully as the storage itself: isolated iSCSI paths or dual FC fabrics, multipathing on every host and a failover test before anything goes live. Backups get an immutable copy and a restore test on a schedule.

Migrations are run as projects with a written cutover plan, a rollback path and a validation checklist. Old arrays are decommissioned with certified data destruction and the documentation is handed over.

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