Transparent integration. High performance. The feedback from the locations has been fantastic, with users commenting that they feel like they are working on the LAN, which is exactly what we were aiming for.
Robert Bird Group. NetApp Global File Cache was cost-effective and makes it feel like information is on your local file server, even when it is not.
GEI Consultants. We looked at other similar solutions, but the pricing and the comparable performance was not competitive to NetApp Global File Cache. Bringing the data together using NetApp Global File Cache software allows users to work simultaneously on large project files from any location. And in a disaster recovery situation, you get the business back up and running very, very quickly. Our CEO has a vision to grow nationally and internationally over the next few years. We say 'bring it on.
Many customers are challenged understanding the actual data footprint. In order to identify the active data set for your environment, there are tools to leverage such as TreeSize-Pro to understand what the active data set looks like. Unlike other solutions, GFC software does not have a need to constantly replicate either data or metadata between locations, meaning each cache is unique and only contains the relevant data for that local user population.
By its nature, it stays current based upon the data accesses of that location population. However, if the workflow would benefit from 'pre-seeding' active projects or folders in specific offices prior to their request by a user, you can leverage the pre-population feature of GFC. As data gets cached on your GFC edge instance, either by accessing files on-demand or using pre-population to pre-stage certain shares, folders, or files, the cache volume will gradually grow in terms of storage utilization.
The purging process will clear out the cache using algrothims such as the Least Recently Used LRU algorithm by categorizing data into buckets, i. This dynamic process frees up space for new active file sets to be cached, without requiring user or administrative intervention. There are multiple ways to approach this. We would typically recommend bringing up a GFC instance in parallel to your existing file server, followed by moving that location's data to Cloud Volumes using either on-line i.
Your NetApp team can discuss the right approach for you, depending on the size of your dataset and infrastructure available to facilitate the data migration to the cloud. In some cases, it is beneficial to pre-seed the cache with the active, raw data set, which allows you to pre-provision the cache with the most recent project files while moving all data to Cloud Volumes.
When a user opens a file from the GFC edge instance, the edge communicates with the core which obtains a lock on the file stored on Cloud Volumes. Locking information is kept centrally on the authoritative file server, so no locking information is replicated to other branch offices, which allows massive scaling to a virtually unlimited amount of offices.
The locking mechanism is fully centralized, which means that locks will be maintained consistently on the Cloud Volumes platform. This also means that the central Cloud Volumes shares can be directly accessed by applications, VDI farms, etc.
Additionally, files within the local intelligent file cache can be encrypted using technologies such as BitLocker. The software uses a wide variety of technologies to keep the active data set close to the users in each of your locations by leveraging the intelligent file cache, which caches data either on-demand or through pre-population.
Additionally, the software overlays the SMB protocol within a Windows environment by providing a local virtual file share in each location. Global Connect is the newest, completely modular, high performance family of connectivity products from the company that has revolutionized the way you connect, command, and control. Built with performance, flexibility, and empowering in mind, Global Connect, designed based on open systems to work with any control software or hardware, delivers a simple cost-effective way to extend the reach of any control system, from legacy proprietary systems to leading-edge apps and cloud based control software; from retrofits, current projects, and to future installations.
The iHelp utility is necessary to update the firmware on Flex devices. It is also used to locate and configure Global Connect, Flex, iTach devices, and GCs installed on the network, and also facilitates the upgrade functionality for the Flex and iTach family of products. Line of business productivity software, which are typically resource intensive, for example, database servers, mail servers, and so on, are not supported.
The customer is responsible for any non-Global File Cache software which might be installed on the server running Global File Cache:. However, except for the supported services and applications listed above, these applications are not supported by Global File Cache and the same guidelines as above must still be followed:.
Available PDFs. Cloud Manager 3. Before you begin to deploy Global File Cache Edge instances. Download required resources Download the Global File Cache Virtual Templates you are planning to use in your branch offices, the software installation package, and additional reference documentation:. Designing and deploying Global File Cache Edge Depending on your requirements, you might need to deploy one or multiple Global File Cache Edge instances based on the concurrent user sessions in a branch office.
For the Global File Cache Edge, it is important to understand the sizing guidelines. Read the full article. Thank you for your business! We are making every effort to keep our employees and customers safe so there may be some brief delays, but we are taking orders and building products. Watch this space for more info on our marketing and product plans for this year!
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