One of the advantages of being a Silver Partner, is that you can attend free courses, workshops or other (pre)sales sessions organised by AVnet. Last friday I attended the NetApp Metrocluster workhop at their Almere office. First part was a bit of cabling, which scared some visitors off. They were expecting the full mont right away. And allthough the presenter tried to explain that that was up next, the guy disappeared right after the first coffee break. Pity for him, he missed the opportunity to get some info about metroclusters from one of the best metrocluster guys NetApp Europe has to offer. Session had more technical oomph than I expected, so that’s a good thing. FC protocol dripped through as well, so I had a nice day! Unfrtunately, it ended rather quickly, 2pm at a fridayafternoon! Ah well, beer at the main office then ..
NetApp Silver Partner Course – Time Well Spent?
I recently have enrolled the company I work for in the NetApp Silver Partner Program. And, as one of the prerequisites put by the Distri, at least one of the employees of a new Silver Partner company has to follow a NetApp Silver Partner Course organised by the distri. Me and a colleague from work were attending this course, with a total of 5 participants. The teacher should have checked the technical level he was up against, us 2 were way more developed in our NetApp fu than the others. In short: you can learn a lot of the product if you’ve never or nearly never heard of it. WHen you are experienced with it, it’s not recommended. Or a waste of your time. On the other hand, I can understand that a distri / producer wants to have a decent and equal level of knowledge from alll their new partners. It’s a tick on their checklist. So, that’s how I see it. A waste of time, but necessary.
Bummer! FAS940 is refusing operation
That’s a real bummer: My FAS940 refues operation: It nags about a device in PCI slot 16 not cooperating: I suspect it is an NVRAM thingie on the card, but not quite sure how or what. Error will be posted when I got over the initial shock ..