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ONTAP Technical Reports

ONTAP Technical Reports

ONTAP technical reports provide additional context for planning and optimizing ONTAP deployments within different ecosystems or with different protocols. Some ONTAP technical reports provide architectural context and recommended practices for ONTAP features and capabilities.

Applications and databases
Microsoft SQL Server on ONTAP
MySQL databases on ONTAP
Oracle databases on ONTAP
PostgreSQL databases on ONTAP
SAP HANA on ONTAP
Business Continuity
SnapMirror Business Continuity (SM-BC)
MetroCluster solution architecture and design
MetroCluster IP
MetroCluster FC
Additional Business Continuity technical reports
Data protection and disaster recovery
SnapMirror Asynchronous configuration and best practices
SnapMirror Synchronous configuration and best practices
Compliant WORM storage using SnapLock
Additional data protection and disaster recovery technical reports
FlexCache and FlexGroup volumes
FlexCache volumes
FlexGroup volumes implementation and best practices
Data protection and backup ONTAP FlexGroup volumes
Additional FlexCache and FlexGroup volumes technical reports
NAS
NFS in NetApp ONTAP best practice and implementation
Multiprotocol NAS in ONTAP overview and best practices
S3 in ONTAP best practices
Name services best practices
NFS Kerberos in ONTAP
Additional NAS technical reports
Networking
BGP/VIP with ONTAP
SAN
Best practices for modern SAN in ONTAP
Implementing and configuring modern SANs with NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF)
ONTAP AFF All SAN Array (ASA) systems
Security
Security hardening guides
The NetApp solution for ransomware
NetApp and Zero Trust
Compliant WORM storage using NetApp SnapLock
Authentication (SSH, MFA)
Secure multitenancy in ONTAP
Additional security technical reports
SnapCenter
SnapCenter for Oracle
SnapCenter for Microsoft SQL
SnapCenter for Virtualization
SnapCenter Service
Additional SnapCenter technical reports
Tiering
FabricPool best practices
FabricPool with StorageGRID recommendations
Database storage tiering with FabricPool
Virtualization
VMware vSphere for ONTAP
VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVols) with ONTAP
VMware Site Recovery Manager with ONTAP
Microsoft Windows Server (Hyper-V)
Additional virtualization technical reports