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Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Supported Platforms

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Supported Platforms

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With the release of ONTAP 9.1 earlier this year it brought with it amongst many things NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE). This feature although offered $0 cost requires an additional license which needs to be generated by NetApp. On top of the NVE license NetApp also added a new license which is needed to enable the newly-integrated trusted platform modules (TPM). What is a TPM you may ask? By definition a TPM is, “A dedicated microcontroller designed to secure hardware by…

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How To Deploy Kubernetes With NetApp Trident Persistent Storage

How To Deploy Kubernetes With NetApp Trident Persistent Storage

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As folks adopt DevOps principals they are using common applications to help them get there. One of those is Docker and usually in the same sentence Kubernetes is mentioned next. To review, Docker is essentially a wrapper for Linux containers (LXC), which similar to FreeBSD jails or Solaris Zones, provides a method for applications (and their dependencies) to be isolated in separate namespaces all while sharing the host system’s kernel. Docker containers are extremely portable as they just need the…

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