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Doing what it's so so good at, NetApp has added a connector product, enabling its Data ONTAP customers to run Hadoop analytics on their NFS data store without having to copy data from WAFL into HDFS. Its NFS Connector for Hadoop enables Hadoop analytics to be run on the incoming Big Data from its various sources, and then …

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  1. Lusty

    I'm amazed they haven't just implemented HDFS on the controllers, it should be possible with their architecture.

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    1. Paul Hargreaves
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      Of course possible. But why bother when a potentially better way exists?

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      1. Lusty
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        I can't see an advantage in having a conversion done off box. I can, however, see an advantage in having it on box - it's the same advantage to having NFS and SMB on box in fact :)

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  2. thegreatsatan

    Desperate

    makes as much sense as their EVO:Rail system

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