I always
like to keep an eye out for the first release of the Release Notes for a new
ONTAP version. And finally, the ONTAP 9.3RC1 Release Notes have dropped. For
the full PDF, check this link: https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2492508.
I’ve highlighted things below that particularly interest me.
But
first... ONTAP 9.3 was announced at the NetApp Insight conference in Las Vegas, and this following link covers the ONTAP 9.3 announcements well (as it should being written by Jeff Baxter the NetApp Chief Evangelist for ONTAP):
https://blog.netapp.com/announcing-netapp-ontap-9-3-the-next-step-in-modernizing-your-data-management/. Three bullet points that perhaps don’t come across in the release notes:
- ONTAP 9.3 offers up to 40% increased
performance compared to previous versions.
- ONTAP 9.3 offers up to 30% increased
capacity savings by optimizing deduplication.
- ONTAP 9.3 offers new encryption,
authentication, and compliance capabilities.
Also
worth a read: https://vzilla.co.uk/vzilla-blog/ontap-9-3
New and changed
features in ONTAP 9.3
This release includes the following new and
changed features:
Data protection enhancements
- Support
for Volume Append Mode
-
Support for Legal Hold feature
-
Support for Event Based Retention feature
- Support for configuring a data
protection relationship in a single step
- XDP replaces DP as the
SnapMirror default in ONTAP 9.3
-
Support for simplified cluster and SVM peering
-
Support for volume protection
- Support for SolidFire to ONTAP
Backup
-
Support for breaking protection relationships between ONTAP and SolidFire
systems
File access protocol
enhancements
-
Support for name service caching
- Export policy configuration
checker
- Domain
controller discovery options for improving performance
-
Support for NFS security tracing
-
Enhanced support for SMB protocols
Hardware support updates
-
Support for the X1135A/X1135A-C FC adapter
Manageability enhancement
- Support for provisioning an SVM
by using a preconfigured template
MetroCluster configuration
enhancements
-
Support for Brocade 7840 FC switches
-
Support for Brocade G610 switches
Networking and security protocol
enhancements
-
Support for SAML authentication for web services
- Support for SSH multifactor
authentication
Storage resource management
enhancements
-
Enhancements to FlexGroup volumes in ONTAP 9.3
Storage efficiency
enhancements
- Support for Automatic Background
Deduplication on AFF systems
- Support for cross volume deduplication
on AFF systems
Upgrade enhancements
-
Enhancements for cluster join and unjoin
-
Support for additional upgrade, downgrade, and revert paths
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