I Left Out One Detail from the September 2008 pNFS Bake-A-Thon Report

I mentioned there were six pNFS server implementations tested last month in Austin.

What I did not mention is that NetApp tested its pNFS server for Data ONTAP!

I held that bit of information back because we were waiting to unveil it in an internal NetApp gathering of our field folks, including a live demonstration which went extremely well this morning.

Congratulations to NetApp's Pranoop Erasani, who is leading our Data ONTAP pNFS server project and the rest of the Data ONTAP NFS team.

Now the hard work of producing a finished product starts.

Comments

[Mike Shea]

Hi Mike -

I am one of the Field Technology Leads who sponsored that internal event. The demo was great! pNFS has a lot of interesting implications for not just file serving, but for me, the application space - databases and virtualization are particularly interesting. All of this will be good for customers looking to save money, future-proof and smooth the operational wrinkles they have simply had to accept as a 'cost of doing business'.

Kudos to you and the entire team!