Hi

We have FAS960 filer running ONTAP Release 6.3.1. I have heard that over the period of time the performance of filer decreases as it is getting more fragmented.

How do I check fragmentation ? How can I defrag ...any scheduled job or internal utility ? How can I minimize fragmentation and monitor it ?

Thanks /Deepak

On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 10:12:44AM -0800, Steve Evans wrote:

I've been listening to all the iSCSI buzz with NetApp in the news. From what I've gathered all you need is OnTAP 6.4 and a $700 adapter for the host server.

What are people planning on doing with this. I would like to use it with Exchange 2000 and not purchase the SnapManager for Exchange option (at $20,000).

Steve Evans SDSU Foundation (619) 594-0653

Per: http://now.netapp.com/NOW/products/iSCSI/

you also need a license for iSCSI, but it sounds like it's free as long as your filer's software support agreement is active. I was surprised to find the license free, so I may be missing something.

We do not have any plans to use iSCSI anywhere in our environment anytime soon. I seem to remember Gartner Group stating that iSCSI will not become popular until late 2004 or later.