Architecture & assessment
Review cluster health, capacity trends, protocol use and workload behaviour. Define where AFF, FAS or E-Series is appropriate rather than assuming a single platform fits every workload.
Plan, modernise and operate NetApp storage around the workloads it actually serves.
THE FOCUS
WHERE WE START
An ONTAP estate can grow across clusters, protocols and generations of hardware. Before recommending a refresh, we map workloads, dependencies, growth and recovery requirements against the current configuration.
THE WORK / 01—03
Review cluster health, capacity trends, protocol use and workload behaviour. Define where AFF, FAS or E-Series is appropriate rather than assuming a single platform fits every workload.
Identify source and target dependencies, replication options, cutover windows and rollback steps. Sequence application and storage changes together to minimise disruption.
Investigate latency, throughput and contention using workload-level evidence, then tune policies, data placement and operational monitoring.
QUESTIONS THAT MATTER
PLATFORMS & CAPABILITIES
NetApp ONTAP · AFF · FAS · E-Series · SnapMirror · SAN & NAS
THE DELIVERABLE
A documented storage design or improvement plan, including dependencies, migration sequence and operational handover.
YOUR ENVIRONMENT