NetApp Ontap 9.1 HW refresh: Faster ports and more ports

NetApp announced hardware refresh recently, basically renewing all current FAS / AFF controller models.  This time I will investigate network connectivity and more so port counts rather than port speeds.

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Protecting Against Site Failure with Nutanix

Nutanix is one of the only Hyperconverged solutions to offer synchronous mirroring and metrocluster capability.

So if you are concerned about loosing a whole site with multiple Nutanix nodes, the short answer for protecting against site failures is: use Metro Availability capability.

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