SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – October 25, 2023 – NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), a global cloud-first and data-centric software company, today announced multiple updates to the industry’s only unified data storage solution , including new bulk storage products providing unparalleled savings and durability. , multiple enhancements to public cloud storage services, and updates to NetApp Keystone Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS), all designed to drive simplicity, savings, security, and sustainability for customers.
More than two decades ago, NetApp introduced unified storage to the industry. Today, NetApp expands the definition of unified data storage to a comprehensive architecture that enables file, block, and object workloads. Unified Data Storage provides a common storage operating system that spans multiple on-premises storage offerings and all major public clouds, unified by a common set of APIs and a single control plane. This includes the leading unified all-flash storage, NetApp AFF, the new block-optimized all-flash storage, NetApp ASA, and the only first-party cloud-native storage solutions running on the three largest public clouds with Amazon FSx. for NetApp ONTAP, Microsoft Azure NetApp Files, and Google Cloud NetApp Volumes.
“As we unveil updates to our enterprise storage portfolio, we usher in an era of transformation in data management,” said Harv Bhela, chief product officer at NetApp. “NetApp’s portfolio, spanning on-premises environments and all major public clouds, reinforces our commitment to our customers to provide unified storage solutions that meet the evolving needs of modern businesses and deliver simplicity, cost savings, security and unrivaled durability.
Delivering unparalleled savings and durability for block storage
Earlier this year, NetApp introduced the AFF C-Series, an industry-leading unified capacity flash storage offering, and it is the fastest product introduction in the company’s history.
More than 20,000 customers trust NetApp for bulk workloads running on its mission-critical SAN infrastructure. To better serve these customers and the overall block storage market, NetApp launched the NetApp All-Flash SAN Array (ASA) earlier this year. NetApp ASA provides enterprise-grade block storage with guaranteed availability and efficiency.
“NetApp’s all-flash SAN storage has made a big difference in our critical infrastructure environment, including VMware and S/4 HANA,” said Tristan Roberts. Digital Infrastructure Leader at TasNetworks. “This has greatly simplified our data management with built-in data protection and disaster recovery and enabled us to achieve simplified business continuity with MetroCluster. We are always interested in improvements across all products, including better results in cost-effectiveness and sustainability with ASA C-series.”
To further innovation in flash and block storage, NetApp today announced the new NetApp ASA C-Series family at NetApp INSIGHT 2023. The ASA C-Series uses Flash capacity to deliver the industry’s best balance of performance and cost savings, with industry-leading durability. . Delivering the speed of flash at a price close to disk, NetApp ASA offers a 4:1 storage efficiency guarantee and a Six Nines (99.9999%)* data availability guarantee. Featuring industry-leading cyber resilience, the ASA C-Series is also eligible for the NetApp Ransomware Recovery Guarantee* and is cloud-connected to enable disaster recovery, backup and tiering to the cloud, enabling organizations to modernize their environments and optimize their data. storage for VMware vSphere and acceleration of SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL database workloads, with integrated application-aware backup.
“NetApp ASA storage offers customers a tailored solution to deliver high-performance, guaranteed high availability (99.9999%) storage for mission-critical applications, databases and VMware infrastructure, without creating infrastructure silos tailor-made,” said Sandeep Singh, Executive Vice President and Managing Director. Enterprise Storage Manager at NetApp. “Our ASA C-Series now redefines block storage, combining these unmatched ASA storage capabilities and Flash capacity, making enterprise-grade block storage more affordable and sustainable than ever.
“Today’s data deluge means businesses must better manage their ever-expanding data estates across on-premises and multi-cloud deployments. The need for data storage solutions that can balance simplicity, security and cost-effectiveness has become a business imperative,” said Andrew Sotiropoulos, senior vice president and general manager, NetApp Asia Pacific. “Through our latest product line, NetApp can enable businesses to better control their data assets while also meeting their sustainability and ESG needs.
To help customers opt for a NetApp block storage solution without regret, a variety of services are now available at no additional cost. This includes an initial solution design assessment which includes evaluation of any existing architecture, free data migration, software license and services, or three months of free NetApp storage support during the migration period and free training workshops.*
Continuing improvements to only first-party native cloud storage on the three largest public clouds
NetApp first brought its enterprise storage to the public cloud nearly a decade ago, in 2014. Today, NetApp has the only first-party native cloud storage offered on the three largest public clouds.
Google Cloud NetApp Volumes was just introduced in August 2023 and is already enhanced with a new Standard service layer, resulting in over 30% reduction in cost/GB, while providing the same multi-protocol file services with data protection integrated, available in 14 Google Cloud regions.
Meanwhile, Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP will reduce overall total cost of ownership by leveraging VPC peering to connect to VMware Cloud on AWS. Adding unified access to files and objects through the ONTAP S3 API simplifies data access for cloud-native applications developed to use object storage. Microsoft Azure NetApp Files now offers enhanced capacity scaling, improved performance for Oracle databases, and support for seamless automated data tiering to the Azure Cool Blob tier for greater cost savings .
Offers new Storage as a Service options and improved assurance with NetApp Keystone.
NetApp continues to offer new options that enable customers to use the highest-performing enterprise storage portfolio. Earlier this month, Equinix and NetApp
announcement NetApp Storage on Equinix Metal, powered by NetApp Keystone, allows organizations to power mission-critical workloads with a complete solution, through a single monthly bill.
Today, NetApp enhanced its Keystone Storage-as-a-Service offering, providing the most comprehensive set of safeguards for an STaaS offering. Customers can now benefit from built-in performance and availability guarantees*. The previously announced Keystone Sustainability Service Level Agreement (SLA) helps businesses reduce their carbon footprint through automated data prioritization, sustainability monitoring, and reversal of over-provisioning, on-premises and in the cloud. NetApp also plans to offer a ransomware recovery guarantee for Keystone within the next 90 days.*
“NetApp continues to drive innovation across the enterprise and public cloud with its unified data storage portfolio,” said Ashish Nadkarni, group vice president and general manager, infrastructure systems, platforms. forms and technologies and BuyerView Research at IDC. “Customer demand continues to grow for simplified storage at lower cost and with less environmental impact, and the new NetApp ASA C-Series will be a tremendous option for these customers. NetApp’s Keystone program continues to grow, providing customers with the assurance they need.
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