February 10, 2012

iPhone – say hello! to NetApp

It’s only natural for us to do this. We have strategic business relationships with both Apple and NetApp and we tend to like both of these technologies. A result of the IronBrick, Apple and NetApp synergies is NTAPCalc. It is a simple little app that allows a NetApp administrator/customer/account manager to quickly do the following on their iPhone:

  • Calculate Raw and usable capacities by selecting drive sizes, number of drives, snapshot reserve percentage, raid group size and hot spares
  • Provides pie chart of the same depicting the distribution of those capacities
  • Provides handy recommendations while sizing

We hope that this is the first of the many iPhone applications we bring to our customers. (iPhone Ops Mgr, I dare say ? )

Currently, this app is distributed only in an ad-hoc mode (used by iPhone developers for beta releases), primarily because we need to make sure the legal peoplez from both sides are A-OK. Ad-Hoc mode of distribution means that I can only distribute this app to 100 devices, after registering their device unique ID. It’s actually much easier than you think…

Some additional screenshots of the iPhone App:

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Comments

  1. Sean says:

    Can I get a copy, please?

  2. Jame Ervin says:

    That’s cool! :) What’s next?

  3. Tami says:

    Woa… thats cool… can i sign up for a copy as well? ;)
    My company does put NetApp to a good use and since i just got to learn how to handle NetApp this application would be a really nice to have! ^_~

  4. Robert says:

    This rocks…can I get a copy

  5. Great looking app.
    I am continually having to calculate this information, would be so handy to have it on my iphone rather than having to fire up the laptop.

  6. Andrew Miller says:

    Just another request for a copy….I find myself using NetSize all the time (Synergy is nice but takes a bit to fire up) and this would be fantastic.

  7. Mohammad Qahtani says:

    This is GREAT! I spend sometime calculating and trying to figure out. I even create spreadsheet. This is much better and simpler. I have two requests please:
    1. can I get a copy?
    2. does it work with GX systems as well?

  8. Gautam Chawra says:

    This application looks interesting.
    I would appreciate if you can send me a copy.
    I have a Iphone 3G and would like to test this.

    Gatuam

  9. Achim Lange says:

    Hi,

    this looks great and would be a fantastic timesaver. How could I get a copy?

    Cheers,
    Achim

  10. @Mohammad – Not sure about GX but their calculations tend to be the same, I reckon.

    For all those who are wanting a copy of this, know that this is in an ad-hoc mode and we are working with the NetApp marketing folks on the best way to put it to good use.

  11. John jennings says:

    so where do you get this iphone app?

  12. Ken Feingold says:

    Hi Rajeev,

    How do we go about getting this for the iPhone. Is it still possible?

    Thanks,
    Ken

  13. Randy Stutler says:

    Hi Rajeev,

    Your NetApp app looks great. I’d love to get a copy…

    Thanks,

    Randy Stutler

  14. Sathish says:

    Dear Rajeev,

    Fantastic! Thank you for putting up a great application for NetApp.
    Let me know if I can be a beta user for the app.

    Regards
    Sathish

  15. eric barlier says:

    Rajeev,

    Excellent idea! I would like to use this if you would be so kind to let me have a version. I work
    for a Ntap partner, so its def. handy!

    Cheers,
    Eric

  16. Rick Keahey says:

    Rajeev,

    I’m very interested in getting this app. I’m a current iPhone user. I am a Professional Services Consultant for NetApp so this would be a very very useful tool for me. PLEASE add me for someone that can get this app.

    Thanks,
    Rick

  17. TimC says:

    So how does one go about getting this?

  18. Ben Houston says:

    Rajeev,

    This looks like a handy little app. Please add me to the list.

    Thanks,
    Ben

  19. Kyle says:

    Cool app. Can I get a copy?

  20. Steve Proffitt says:

    This is great! Can I get a copy of it to play with?

    I’m the product manager for Filerview and our upcoming System Manager product.

    cheers,
    Steve

  21. Mike Brooker says:

    Hi Rajeev,

    I’m an SE for NetApp in the UK. From what I’ve seen this looks like a really good idea for all those people working for or who are partners with NetApp (and of course who have an iPhone).

    I’m sure it would be a really useful application for everyday use so would like to get hold of a copy. I would really appreciate if you could add me to the beta testing list also.

    Thanks in advance,
    Mike

  22. This is actually really neat! I would love to play with it

  23. Jay Villanueva says:

    Hi Rajeev,

    this looks amazing! how would we get a copy of this app?

  24. All –

    You are most welcome. I really did not expect this amount of excitement and great feedback. Thx guys!

    Rest assured that we’ve asked the NetApp folks to see what it takes to open it for, at least for limited distro. As soon as I know, I’ll share! (and some additional screenshots of some err.. next app!!)

  25. Tom McNicholas says:

    Please make this generally available!

  26. Otho Lyon says:

    Rajeev,

    I am interested in this application have you used all 100 for IPhone.

  27. Britt Dennis says:

    Rajeev,

    Your experience in Mac and NetApp integration has peaked my interest. I am running up against some issue’s in this area and would like to find out what you have done to allow the two to play nice.

  28. Dave Korns says:

    Hi Rajeev, I too would love to get a copy of NTAPCalc. Let me know if/how I might do that. I work for NetApp and have dabbled in some iPhone Web App development, but not a full blown app like this. Would love to help spread the word of what you’re doing. Dave Korns

  29. Britt

    Certainly. I’ve sent you an email.

  30. Chris Lawrence says:

    I would like to get a copy of this app.

    Thank you,
    Chris

  31. Mark Terrill says:

    Hi Rajeev,

    It would be most appreciated if I could obtain a copy of this application, it would be very handy! Thanks!

    Mark

  32. nono says:

    hi !

    sorry to be completly out of the subject but anybody knows where we can find the perl script getquota.pl described in this page http://rajeev.name/man-page-for-getquotapl/ ? (link seems to be broken)

    thanks !
    regards,
    nono

  33. @nono

    I am trying to get you those. They were left on the servers of my old job and no longer have access to those. Once I get it (if), I’ll upload it to my blog and we won’t have that problem again.
    thx

  34. Steve Shepherd says:

    Hi Rajeev -

    A bit off topic, but could not reply to the (old) post. I am interested in ‘gequota.pl’ for Netapp – But the link returns a 404 – Where can I obtain it? Thanks!

    Steve

  35. Steve

    I updated the post. Sorry about the mishap. The getquota source code can be retrieved @ http://rajeev.name/getquota-source/

    Enjoy!

  36. Craig Gardiner says:

    Hi Rajeev,

    this looks like a great time saver. I’m a PS Consultant at NetApp UK, and would like to give it a test drive. If I could allow me to have a copy that would be great. I’m happy to beta test if you need any testers.

    Cheers,

    Craig

  37. Rick Keahey says:

    Hi Rajeev,

    How do I get a copy of this. Since I work for NetApp, I could definitely use this tool in the field very much. Excellent tool!!!

    Thanks,
    Rick

  38. Rajeev,
    I would love to test this app. It would be most appreciated to obtain a copy of the app.

    Thanks

  39. Vinayak says:

    Hi can I get copy of this.

  40. alex says:

    hello rajeev karamchedu,

    is it possible to get an copy of this app for an iPhone?

    br
    /alex

  41. Chris Gebhardt says:

    Rajeev,

    Do you happen to know if this app has been tested with the iPhone 3.0 released software? If so and it works could I please get a copy of the software…

    Thanks,
    Chris

  42. Rex says:

    Can I get a copy?

  43. It is tested with 3.0 and I am still waiting for NetApp to respond back… ! :(

  44. Jeffrey Gross says:

    I would like to get a copy of this application if one is still available. Thanks J. Gross

  45. JT says:

    Is it possible to get a copy?

  46. Jason says:

    Oh man!!! This would be great! I would love to test and use this app!
    Thanks

  47. Bugra says:

    how to download this app ? i did not find this app in AppStore.What exactly is the name of the application and how can I find ?

  48. Bugra says:

    I would like to get a copy of this app.

    Thank you
    Bugra

  49. Matthew Goldman says:

    I would also like to get a copy of the app please.

  50. Karl Hancock says:

    I am interested in the iPhone app to calculate usable space on NetApp. How can I try it out?

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