Cloud Tiering (Powered by FabricPool)

Intelligent data
growth management

Effortless data scaling across the hybrid cloud.

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NetApp Cloud Tiering service extends your ONTAP-based clusters by leveraging low-cost object storage of your choice. Without compromising on manageability and performance, Cloud Tiering efficiently manages your storage pool by placing your data at the right tier at the right time. Integrated into NetApp Cloud Manager, Cloud Tiering provides full visibility and control across all your hybrid cloud storage clusters from a single endpoint.

Tiering policies

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Cold snapshots (snapshot-only)

Cold snapshots data is moved to cloud object storage.

Use case

Entry level tiering
Enables extended snapshots retention

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Cold user data & snapshots (auto)

Cold data (user and snapshot) is moved to cloud object storage.

Use case

Primary storage tiering
Optimize storage for mission critical & latency sensitive workloads

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All user data (all)

Complete volumes entirely moved to cloud object storage.

Use case

Secondary storage tiering
Expand the amount of replicated volumes for backup and DR

Cloud Tiering
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See Benefits

Optimized storage

Average

70%

Savings
- Reduce expensive data center footprint
- Shift most of the data to low cost object storage
- Automated data tiering processes
Extended capacity

Up to

X50

More space
- Free up valuable storage space
- Support more workloads with the same resources
- Easy and safe first-step to a cloud strategy
Reduced TCO

Average

30%

Cost savings
- No upfront costs
- Pay as you go only for tiered data
- Mix-and-match BYOL and PayGo subscriptions
- Achieve suitable OPEX vs CAPEX balance
Application layer

Exactly

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Refactoring
- Zero Effort data center extension to the cloud
- Maintaint current workflow and processes
- Same ONTAP Technology stack