Snapshot is free. You can use it to do restores, but it's a very manual process. Snapshot saved my butt many times when I was a customer. SnapRestore is a licensed product that makes large and/or complex restores a simple process. Unlike other vendors that "bolt on" features, all of NetApp's features are built into the OS and only need to be licensed to turn on.
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From: Linux Admin [mailto:sysadmin.linux@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 7:59 AM To: NetApp Toasters List Subject: snapshot and snaprestore licneses
Can someone please quickly explain to me how netapp licensing work:
Do you need to buy SnapRestore license to have SnapShot capabilities?
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 09:11:42AM -0700, Cope, Michael wrote:
Snapshot is free. You can use it to do restores, but it's a very manual process. Snapshot saved my butt many times when I was a customer. SnapRestore is a licensed product that makes large and/or complex restores a simple process. Unlike other vendors that "bolt on" features, all of NetApp's features are built into the OS and only need to be licensed to turn on.
Which netapp manages to to w/o having major kernel bloat, that just amazes the heck out of me. <scw>
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