This week NetApp is hosting its user conference, Insight 2014, in Las Vegas. Given our long and productive history together, Symantec couldn’t be more pleased to once again sponsor this NetApp event. Ever since NetBackup introduced support for NDMP backups way back in 1998, NetApp has been a close partner of ours. Today, many Symantec products integrate with or leverage NetApp technologies, such as:
- Symantec NetBackup– with Replication Director, NetBackup orchestrates NetApp snapshots, including SnapVault and SnapMirror, using regular NetBackup policies.
- Symantec Dynamic Multi-Pathing– improves storage I/O performance and availability by balancing and rerouting traffic across all available storage interconnects.
- Symantec Cluster Server– improves availability and provides failover support in NFS and block storage environments.
- Symantec Storage Foundation– maximizes database performance without compromising deployment flexibility or availability on NetApp E-Series storage.
- Symantec Data Insight– improves data governance through actionable intelligence relating to data ownership, usage, and access controls.
- Symantec Enterprise Vault– integrates with NetApp as a file archiving target and storage destination.
Our latest integration effort was with our recently announced Symantec NetBackup 5330 appliance, which leverages NetApp E-Series technology in its storage design. The 5330 can store up to 229TB of deduplicated backup data. We’re excited to announce that the NetBackup 5330 appliance will be displayed for the first time ever at NetApp Insight 2014, at the Symantec booth in the Insight Expo hall.
Symantec and NetApp both understand that the hybrid cloud demands scalability. Consequently the trajectories of our innovations are both pointed in that same direction. We recently completed an ambitious benchmark comparing NetBackup to other backup solutions to see how well we could handle 1000 virtual machines under realistic load conditions, using NetApp FAS as the primary storage and snapshot provider. The results were stunning, and proved that Symantec and NetApp together can deliver the kind of scalability our joint customers and partners will need for the hybrid cloud.
Symantec will appear in a number of places at the Insight conference this year. If you’re at the conference, we hope to see you at one or more of these events or locations:
- Expo Hall booth #503 (next to the NetApp booth)
- Breakout session “Symantec NetBackup Solutions for NetApp” (Wednesday 2:45 pm)
- TechExec Forum (invitation only)
- Closing General Session, CIO Panel (Thursday 9:00 am – 10:30 am)
Enjoy the conference, and don’t forget to stop by and say hello!