We have had some ups and downs. Including finding our first ONTAP bug before we’d deployed and producing some certain benchmark conditions that weren’t quite what we expected.
But that probably makes it sound worse than it really is. In service it has functioned very well and I wouldn’t hesitate recommending them to someone else.
Just a few pointers:
- Assume circa 60% capacity from your disks after right sizing and reserves.
- Simulate real-use benchmarking on a demo filer of the same specs that you intend to purchase.
- Check the max aggregate size for your chosen filer. They vary depending on H/W specs.
- Check the max volume size for ASIS if you intend to use de-dupe. Again it varies.
- Be prepared to use a CLI. Unless perhaps the new Windows NSM is your thing.
- Ensure that you’ve specced all of the licensed features that you require.
- Bargain hard 😉