NetApp Discreetly Acquired HvNAS

HvNAS Pty Ltd, a small Australian independent developer of SMB 3/2 for Linux, has been discreetly acquired by NetApp.

Its web site is now redirected to NetApp.

For Microsoft, SMB 3 is strategic for Exchange, Hyper-V, SharePoint and SQL and was introduced for Windows Server 2012.

To read a publication by Dilip C. Naik from HvNAS and who worked at Micosoft for 12 years,  click on; Choices for implementing SMB 3 on non-Windows Server

Look also at the blog of Philippe Nicolas, director of products strategy, Scality.