Brush up on your knowledge before NetApp Insight with these must-read blogs from the NetApp community.

1. Must-Read Blogs
In the NetApp Community
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Now in the NetApp Community
There are a number of resourceful blogs in the
NetApp Community, but we have narrow them down
to the top 20 must-read blogs to prepare you for
NetApp Insight 2015.

4. ​ Converged Infrastructure
What is CI?
With the multitude of acronyms and
intialisms in the world today, this article
explores the meaning of CI and why it is
considered the next big stepping stone
toward, Cloud computing.
Software Defined Storage vs.
Converged Infrastructure
Learn about the difference between
Software Defined Storage and Converged
Infrastructure and why they both have a
place in the market, but only one can
provide dependable efficiencies that can
make or break any business.
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5. How We Use Clustered Data ONTAP
to Guarantee Performance and
Predict Costs
Explore how to maximize storage in order to
better control storage costs and how these
techniques can provide a better performing
IT infrastructure.
Using NetApp Clustered Data
ONTAP to Predict Application
Performance
Learn about how NetApp uses virtualizations
to predict and further minimize risk to app
transitions. These virtualizations can help to
identify and understand app behavior to
mitigate the risk of impacted operations.
​ Core Data ONTAP
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6. ​ Data Protection and Continuance
What You Need to Know Before
Backing Up the Cloud
This article will explain the functionality
behind cloud storage and provide examples
and reasons why taking certain steps when
backing up to the Cloud can mean cost
saving and reliability to any user.
Disaster Recovery Moves to
the Cloud
Learn about the growing movement toward
Cloud based Disaster Recovery (DR).
Also learn about special considerations all
Cloud DR strategies should address.
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7. ​ Flash
The “Magic Questions”
All-Flash Array Checklist
for Enterprise Buyers
Not all vendors are focused on what the
Enterprise Buyer needs. In this article, we
provide a checklist of attributes that all
Enterprise Buyers need to be asking their
vendors about.
NetApp IT Uses All Flash FAS to
Accelerate Application Performance
Learn about how an easily implemented
All Flash FAS has the ability to deliver
more input/output operations per second
and manage higher capacity utilization
levels with minimal planning and no
disruption to service.
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8. ​ Hybrid Cloud
Cloud Performance Matters
This article discusses the importance of
managing Cloud Performance management
and monitoring. It explains the reasons why
metrics are your friend and how they can
provide efficiencies in more ways than one.
Why Small to Midsized Businesses
are Embracing the Cloud
Small to Midsized Business owners have
begun to move toward cloud based storage
that provides them with Enterprise-grade
features without the complexity and price
tag, but what else has these business
owners shifting to the Cloud?
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9. ​ Industry Applications
Five Key Storage Requirements for
Enterprise Applications
Learn what the five key storage capabilities
are to ensure business operations aren’t
negatively affected when expanding
storage capacity.
How Enterprise Data Storage
Improved Database Availability
A resource tackling the three largest
problems Enterprise Application Software
(EAS) Administrators face and how NetApp
has not only addressed them, but mitigated
risk while accelerating application speed and
availability.
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10. ​ Manageability
Too Many Management Tools
Giving You a Headache?
OnCommand API Services
Might be Your Cure
This blog explores a solution to every
Storage Administrators management tool
stressors and pain points.
Managing Your Data in a Flash to
Disk to Cloud World
Learn more about what NetApp is doing to
help customers make benefit from migration
of application storage between flash, disk,
and Cloud.
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11. ​ Microsoft Solutions
Microsoft Ignite Sparks More
Innovation from NetApp
NetApp joined the exciting Ignite conference
in Chicago earlier this year and shares how
it has fueled innovation at the company
and the exciting list of revolutionary
product offerings.
Accelerate Disaster Recovery Plans
with NetApp and Microsoft Azure
Site Recovery
A blog exploring the critically important
interoperability needed in order to ensure
disaster recovery is seamless with the help
of Microsite Azure Site Recovery.
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12. ​ Security
Folding Security into NetApp DNA
With the growing concern over Data
security from both businesses and
consumers alike, NetApp shares their
philosophy on security and the integral
role it plays in all business operations.
Rethinking Data Protection for In-
Memory Databases
Learn about the data protection solution that
Adolf Hohl believes is less complex, requires
less infrastructure, and unleashes the power
of your servers.
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