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NetApp's FAS series systems offers a storage array system for enterprises.
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The NetApp FAS8300 has been widely embraced for its ability to support large-scale storage requirements across various systems and data centers. Users have praised its snappy performance and impressive power, making it a valuable asset for organizations with demanding workloads. With innovative features like flash cache and deduplication, the FAS8300 stands out as top-tier storage that delivers exceptional speed and efficiency. Additionally, the FAS8300 has been leveraged as a reliable solution for NFS-connected storage in VMware environments with multiple hosts and hundreds of guest operating systems.
NetApp's FAS series devices, including the FAS2200 and FAS3210 models, have found their place in diverse use cases. These devices have successfully housed entire virtual server networks, offering ample speed and bandwidth to run multiple servers simultaneously. They have also served as CIFS servers, replacing traditional Windows servers to enhance security protocols. Furthermore, NetApp FAS controllers have served as primary storage for critical system data at operational sites while also providing primary storage for VMware-based storage at multiple locations.
One notable use case in Brazil showcases the exceptional reliability and availability of NetApp FAS. Thousands of users have accessed over 700TB of user data without any incidents over the past seven years. This highlights the robustness of NetApp's NAS workloads in delivering high availability and resiliency. The flexibility of the FAS series is further demonstrated by its ability to function as both a SAN and CIFS file system, effectively replacing outdated and undersized storage arrays.
Overall, the NetApp FAS series has proven itself as a versatile solution for various IT infrastructure challenges. It facilitates seamless IT growth, simplifies backup and restore processes, and enables users to store databases and replicate data across different environments. Its role as a NAS device extends beyond file services to include support for FC and iSCSI protocols. With strong operating systems and reliable customer support, the NetApp FAS series remains a popular choice for organizations seeking robust and scalable storage solutions.
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The FAS8300 is snappy and very powerful. This NetApp FAS8300 implementation supports NFS-connected storage for over 25 VMware hosts which house over 900 VMs along with direct-Linux connections for hundreds of guest operating systems. Connected disk tiers range from an SSD flash pool to achieve faster access and to 900 GB to 8 TB in size.
- Administration through web GUI and CLI.
- Reliability.
- Performance.
- Web GUI. It is fairly fast and concise, however, it is missing many fundamental settings that can only be done via CLI.
- Updates; while these have progressively become easier this functionality is still lacking on the GUI side.
- Performance reporting is decent but doesn't provide detailed data. High-level graphs help, but are not very concise when troubleshooting.
February 05, 2022
NetApp FAS -High Performance Storage Solution
It has a robust operating system and the support is also very good. Replication and block-level snapshot backup is a very good option to mirror the data in other environments and for disaster recovery. The backup and restore process is much easier with the FAS series. We are mainly using it for storing our DB and to replicate the data to different environments.
- Backup and restore
- I/O Performance
- Support
- I would like to see the GUI to be improved bit more
- Cost is something I would like to get reduced even though it's not possible :-)
- Integration with active directory
November 19, 2021
NetApp [FAS} Series is the Absolute Platform for File as a Service!
NetApp [FAS] is being used for my BFS client; the FAS series is used as NAS devices [that] provide files as a services to many users as well as for FC and iSCSI protocol. [The] FAS 8000 and 9000 Series have been used in [the] current environment.
- File as a service
- Faster Backup
- Data ONTAP
- Connectivity via FC/SMB/NFS/iSCSI
- [It provides] automation in workflow management.
- [The] L1 technical support is not good at all.
- [In my opinion, the] upgrades should be live and non-disruptive.
April 27, 2021
Did not live up to expectations
I've used several NetApp FAS series devices in different organizations to handle large storage requirements for various systems or entire data centers. It has been used as top-tier storage with innovative enterprise features like flash cache and deduplication. I've also used many of its backup features that are touted as a big part of the NetApp software.
- Clustered storage
- Multiple connectivity options (Fibre Channel, iSCSI, CIFS/SMB, etc.)
- Options for mapping volumes to different connectivity types
- Deduplication job runs at certain times and creates a large CPU overhead for the system
- Management of a volumes, disk groups, LUNs, etc. is a burden to manage and is not efficient with storage capacity
- Upgrades are complicated and not "non-disruptive"
March 15, 2021
NetApp is losing market FAS
Our NetApp's served file shares, VMware, and Microsoft LUN data. This was used across our organization. We went through 2 hardware refreshes. Originally we needed to start with entry-level SAN and move away from file server-based storage, but it expanded over time.
- Hardware is flawless.
- Support is top shelf.
- Many in one solution.
- Cost, like most things with NetApp.
- Upgrades challenging for the gun-shy.
- Deduplication problematic when it fails.
NetApp FAS controllers are being used to store critical system data for operational sites. They provide the primary storage platform for VMware-based storage at a number of locations. Applications running on NetApp FAS controllers range from infrastructure-based services (VMware, Monitoring, Anti-Virus) and application servers. Deployments range from standalone FAS to MetroCluster deployments.
- Unstructured data
- Lifecycling of hardware (C-DOT)
- Metro level high-availability (MetroCluster)
- MyASUP integration
- 7-mode's licensing model was more favorable.
- Some CLI commands are too cumbersome without automation, driving users to the GUI.
- Physical cabling can be daunting for new users or DC facilities.
August 28, 2020
Strong and Reliable storage
NetApp has been defined as a Global standard for NAS (CIFS, NFS) workloads in our company, so it is being actively used in several of our sites across the globe. The largest sites using it are the USA, Brazil and Norway.
One of the main reasons for it to be selected as the standard for NAS workloads is the resiliency and high availability it provides. In Brazil, we have ~5000 users accessing more than 700TB of user data (CIFS shares) on a daily basis. We didn't have a single availability incident in the last 7 years!
One of the main reasons for it to be selected as the standard for NAS workloads is the resiliency and high availability it provides. In Brazil, we have ~5000 users accessing more than 700TB of user data (CIFS shares) on a daily basis. We didn't have a single availability incident in the last 7 years!
- NAS Workloads (CIFS, NFS)
- Snapshot retention/management
- Disaster Recovery protection (SnapMirror and SnapVault)
- Storage efficiency (compress, deduplication)
- The workload balance between the nodes is managed manually
March 04, 2020
NetApp (F)ast (A)nd (S)table
NetApp FAS is being used in our environment as our SAN and CIFS file system. This system replaced an old (and undersized) storage array. This system is now used for a number of things including a complete disaster recovery plan and backup system. One important part of this was to speed up backup recovery times. NetApp software makes this possible.
- Backups are a piece of cake with Snapshot technology.
- Disaster recovery plans are made much easier with SnapMirroring to remote locations.
- The support is incredible. Auto Support makes it incredibly easy. The Auto Support website also gives you a great view of your NetApp deployment.
- Redundant paths make updating and maintenance much easier with no downtime.
- System Manager is missing some commands and therefore you have to rely on CLI. This is not a problem for most admins but it has room for improvement.
- Cabling diagrams for redundant path can be confusing.
- When we had one of the older models in place our drives would spontaneously pop out of place due to old plastic clips. We have not had the same issue again with a newer NetApp model.
August 09, 2019
NetApp Reliability and Support is Not Quite There
We use a NetApp FAS3210 in our main office and a FAS2240 offsite in our colo. The FAS3210 is our primary storage for all of our VMWare environment, which includes 9 VMWare hosts and over 220 virtual servers. The FAS2240 in the colo is used for a handful of production VMWare machines, as well as the storage of some offsite backup from our executive office.
- It was fairly easy to implement with guided assistance from NetApp.
- We haven't had many drive failures.
- The pricing was right.
- We have had too many troubles with the controllers, had one die completely, and are now fighting an issue where the two don't communicate.
- They try to nickel and dime you with extra costs for additional features.
- Software upgrades are too difficult.
July 29, 2019
NetApp FAS series acting as a CIFS business server
Two NetApp FAS series are being used as CIFS servers. They serve all the department's folders for the whole organization. So, we replaced our typical Windows servers with a NetApp solution. Why? Basically, for two main reasons. First, for security purposes. We make volumes snapshots every hour. In the case of a ransomware infection, we resolve the incident by managing snapshots. The second reason we switched was so fileservers don't have a typical NetBIOS name. We use NetApp for our CIFS servers in conjunction with Active Directory DFS so folders and files have no dependencies of a fileserver name. This is great.
- Volume snapshots
- CIFS server
- Snapmirror between both NetApp storage instances
- Hardware snapshots with backup software
- Software Management
- Bundle software is hard to implement and use
- Tecnical support is lacking, at least here in Spain
March 14, 2019
NetApp -- an excellent platform for virtual environments
We have one NetApp FAS2200 device that houses the entire backend of our virtual server network behind two Dell PowerEdge R front end servers. This device houses all of the virtual server files for all of the organization's virtual server infrastructure. This one device -- containing an array of hard drives -- pumps out enough speed and bandwidth to run about 12+ servers at the same time.
- Support. Support. Support. It's been a welcomed surprise to have a hard drive land on my desk, and a better surprise to have a NetApp tech arrive soon after to install the drive. I didn't even know the drive failed-- now that's support.
- AS stated, the ability of these devices to host multiple virtual servers, entire infrastructures, and work well and fast, is a definite strength.
- The ability to stack these devices and have failover.
- The upgrade program is great.
- The unit did go through a lot of hard drives early on. It took them a while to figure out it was a firmware issue. Once that was fixed, it got better.
- Firmware should have a "live" update process.
- The price point could be better.
April 11, 2018
NetApp FAS Does it All Review
It is being used for the IT department or across the whole organization. It solves our IT Infrastructure growth issue. We are a small NetApp customer that uses mostly features such as Snapmirror and SnapStore primary of NetApp product portfolio. We have approximately 2 NetApp FAS in use today ranging from DR configurations all the way to small corporate data center installations. We are a long term customer with over 5 years of experience with NetApp in production and development at our company.
- Replication
- Recovery
- Storage Provisioning
- Documentation
- User Interface
April 26, 2016
NetApp FAS... a universal storage problem solver!
We are a large NetApp customer that uses the full NetApp product portfolio. We have approximately 20PB of NetApp FAS in use today ranging from very small remote office configurations all the way to large corporate data center installations. We are a long term customer with over 8 years of experience with NetApp in production at our company.
- The selling point for NetApp FAS is the application and data protection integration capabilities they provide.
- We have been able to use NetApp FAS in a variety of use cases with a standard set of management tools.
- NetApp FAS has evolved over the years from just NAS to also include block protocols. At this time they support almost all industry standard protocols.
- Netapp needs to modernize and unify their management tools, and off tap integration products.
- Netapp lost focus on solving customer business problems. They were too focused on their transformation to Clustered data ontap.
- NetApp needs to move from a controller pair architecture (Tier2) to a multi-controller active-active architecture (Tier1).