I listened to a lot of Nirvana as a teenager, usually at full volume. “Nevermind” was pretty much on repeat for a time there, and my mom often worried that I’d lose my hearing. One of the things I loved about their music was the energy, but also how raw and simple it was. People … Read more
tl;dr Performing metadata search on billions of objects is now possible with StorageGRID Webscale by streaming object metadata into Elasticsearch. Introduction One advantage of using object over block and file storage is that data can be enriched with metadata and tags. These are little key-value pairs that are attached via the S3 API. Consequently, you … Read more
One of the key charters of NetApp Product Tools Analytics Globalization Services (PTAGS) is to enable a service-oriented cloud platform for big-data telemetry across the NetApp product portfolio to derive analytical insights and simplify the customer experience globally. Unique complexities require innovative solutions Working in a big data environment involves a unique set of complexities … Read more
As an internal IT service provider to NetApp engineering, we have the need to track who’s using our tools and services. This lets us make sound business decisions about where to invest our limited time and energy, and generally enables us to have insightful and productive conversations with our user community (which is comprised of … Read more