Performance Analysis on Data ONTAP (PAD)

Administrators and support personnel who administrate NetApp storage systems running Data ONTAP 7.3 and who wish to have a deeper understanding of the system performance.

• Introduction to NetApp Products (web based training)

Data ONTAP 7-Mode Administration (D7ADM)

By the end of this course you should be able to:

• Recognize performance terminology and basic methodology
• Use known methods and tools to collect performance data
• Describe the Data ONTAP architecture and the benefits of features such as NVRAM and the WAFL® (Write Anywhere File Layout) file system
• Use knowledge about how data flows through the network and protocol layers of Data ONTAP to monitor and analyze storage system performance
• Examine command output from case studies to identify performance bottlenecks
• Perform basic software configuration and recognize diagnostic operations for the Performance Acceleration Module and FlexScale
• Use FlexCache™ to improve NFSv2 and NFSv3 read performance
• Use the reallocate command to measure volume or file layout and optimize the layout when appropriate
• Implement configuration for best practices for resiliency and performance
• Identify where to find further information

The Performance Analysis on Data ONTAP® 7.3 course provides students with the knowledge and skills to perform data collection and analysis on NetApp® storage systems. Students will learn how to interpret data and apply performance changes based on their analysis. They will use analysis data for tuning and monitoring performance.