Fabian Born

Cloud Solutions Architect for AWS at NetApp. Writing about Kubernetes, FSx for NetApp ONTAP, automation and homelab projects.

Hi, I'm Fabian 👋

I'm a Cloud Solutions Architect writing about Kubernetes, AWS, NetApp storage, automation and homelab projects — real problems I ran into, written up the way I wish someone had written them for me.

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Mounting FSxN NFS Volumes Straight From the EC2 Launch Wizard

8 minute read

No export-policy CLI, no manual fstab entry: the new EC2 launch instance wizard can discover an Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP NFS volume, generate the security...

AWS Console EC2 FSxN NetApp NFS

NFS Exports on Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

13 minute read

Export policies, namespace inheritance and NFSv3 vs. NFSv4.1 on Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. Why a technically correct mount still fails, and how snapshots a...

AWS Export Policy FSxN NetApp NFS SnapMirror Snapshots

CIFS Shares on Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

14 minute read

How Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP reproduces classic Windows file services in AWS: SVMs, volumes and qtrees as building blocks, plus SMB share configuration, p...

AWS CIFS FSxN NetApp SMB SnapMirror Snapshots