Notes on ‘NCSA - Hybrid Cloud: NS0-146’

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I’ve just completed the curriculum for the ‘NetApp Certified Storage Associate - Hybrid Cloud’, and thought I’d jot down a few notes, curriculum highlights, and add in some further reading/viewing. The exam is to come!

NCSA - Hybrid Cloud: Curriculum Highlights

To find the curriculum, go to https://learningcenter.netapp.com and search for “NetApp Certified Storage Associate - Hybrid Cloud”. If you’re already well versed in NetApp, it’s going to be the “Cloudy” elements of the curriculum that interest you the most, and these are highlighted below:

- Storage Fundamentals (45 mins)
- Virtualization Technology Fundamentals (20 mins)
- Cloud Fundamentals (30 mins)
- Flash Fundamentals (30 mins)
- Data Network Fundamentals (15 mins)
- ONTAP NAS Fundamentals (45 mins)
- Technical Overview of AltaVault Technology (90 mins)
(especially: “Module 4: Cloud Based AltaVault Appliance”)
- Technical Overview of StorageGRID Webscale (60 mins)
- Technical Overview of OnCommand Management Solutions for Clustered Data ONTAP (90 mins)
- Technical Overview of OnCommand Insight (120 mins)
- Knowledge Bytes: NetApp Private Storage for Amazon Web Services
+ Deploying NetApp Private Storage for Amazon Web Services:
++ Overview (10 mins)
++ Hardware and Software Components (10 mins)
++ Deployment Planning (10 mins)
++ Exploring Use Cases (5 mins)
+ How to Deploy the NetApp AltaVault Appliances in Amazon Web Services (5 mins)
- OnCommand Cloud Manager and Cloud ONTAP Videos
+ Running MSFT SQL Servers on Cloud ONTAP in AWS (10 mins)
+ Provisioning Volumes in OnCommand Cloud Manager using the Volume View (10 mins)
+ Deploying OnCommand Cloud Manager and Cloud ONTAP in AWS (15 mins)
+ Launching Cloud ONTAP instances using OnCommand Cloud Manager 2.1 (and later) (10 mins)
+ Setting Up AWS networking for OnCommand Cloud Manager (5 mins)
+ Setting up AWS networking for Cloud ONTAP encryption (15 mins)
+ Enabling Disaster Recovery to the public cloud with Cloud ONTAP (5 mins)
+ Using Cloud Manager APIs to create and manage ONTAP Cloud Systems (10 mins)
+ Discovering storage systems and replicating data to and from the cloud (5 mins)
+ Leveraging the OnCommand Portfolio with your Hybrid Cloud Resources (5 mins)

Further Reading/Viewing

The curriculum was written last year (2016), and - with the rampant advance of technology - is understandably already a little out of date, check out the following YouTube link for even more videos on NetApp “Cloudy” stuff including integrations with Azure:

- NetApp TechComm TV on YouTube
+ NetApp TechComm TV: OnCommand Cloud Manager 2.1 Playlist

Other links:

- https://cloud.netapp.com/home
- NetApp ONTAP Cloud and Cloud Manager Resources
- Storage Automation Store: OnCommand Cloud Manager Pack

Random Screen Grabs

AltaVault: Some Use Cases

Image: AltaVault Use Cases for Backup and Archive
Image: AltaVault Use Cases for Disaster Recovery
NetApp Private Storage for AWS

Image: The Solution: NetApp Private Storage for AWS
NetApp Private Storage for AWS: Some Use Cases

Image: Disaster Recovery
Image: Development and Testing
Image: Cloudburst for Peak Workloads
Image: Multiregion Application Continuity
Image: Cloud-Centered Direct Connection Consolidation

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