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NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

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What is NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

NetApp's Cloud Volumes ONTAP combines data control with enterprise-class storage features for various use cases, including file shares and block-level storage serving NAS and SAN protocols (NFS, SMB / CIFS, and iSCSI), Disaster Recovery (DR), Backup and Archive, DevOps, Databases (SQL, Oracle, NoSQL), or any other enterprise workload.

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ONTAP is ON TOP

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Gary SlebrchView profile
Director of Enterprise IT in Corporate at General Dynamics Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Dynamic mapping of storage devices--topology mapping
  • Data tiering--compression and deduplication
  • Centralized management of all storage components

Cons

  • Tighter integration with third-party (non-storage) monitoring tools
  • CMDB classifications break down when integrating with ServiceNow
  • Migrating storage workloads from one cloud service provider to another

Return on Investment

  • Positive Benefit: Measurable customer satisfaction increase by 50% attributed to visibility
  • Positive Benefit: Go-to-market time saving--reduced time by two weeks
  • Neutral Impact: Integration with third-party monitoring was not made easier but was able to be completed

Alternatives Considered

ScienceLogic SL1, SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor (SRM) and Tivoli Storage Manager

Other Software Used

ScienceLogic SL1, SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor (SRM), IBM Tivoli Monitoring

Free up storage space with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

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Randy CarpenterView profile
Vice President in Information Technology at First Network Group, Inc. (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Simplicity
  • Flexibility
  • Cost savings

Cons

  • Additional cloud vendor support
  • Expanded capabilities
  • Lower pricing tiers for licensing
  • Free/included entry tier

Return on Investment

  • Not really any noticeable impact yet
  • We are utilizing the free tier that is provided as a promotion with current systems
  • It remains to be seen if it will continue to be enough value to renew the subscription

Other Software Used

Zimbra, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Junos Network Operating System (Junos OS)

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP just works

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Bill Floyd
CIO/CTO in Information Technology at Lexipol (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Ease of allocation and management of storage in AWS
  • Less costly than the native storage management on AWS over 10Tb
  • Performance and scalability
  • Easy to setup and configure

Cons

  • More competitive pricing at lower volumes of storage
  • Make it possible to manage storage across hybrid and multiple cloud environments

Return on Investment

  • Increased costs at lower data volumes but better pricing by 20% over 10Tb
  • Easier to manage storage volumes with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
  • Better performance with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Alternatives Considered

AWS Storage Gateway

Other Software Used

AWS Lambda, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Microsoft Azure Active Directory

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP - The easy way to dip your feet into the Cloud

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Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Integrates into major Cloud vendors.
  • Integrates with NetApp infrastructure.

Cons

  • See additional integration with other storage vendors.
  • Create single pane of view with integrated ONTAP systems.

Return on Investment

  • Increased savings from on-prem data center costs.
  • Ease of integration into preexisting environment.

Alternatives Considered

IBM Cloud Backup and IBM Cloud Block Storage

Other Software Used

VMware ESXi, NetApp StorageGRID, IBM Spectrum Protect

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