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Amazon Web Services Inc. AWS an Amazon.com Inc. company announced the general availability of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP a new storage service that allows customers to launch and run complete fully managed NetApp ONTAP file systems in the cloud for the first time. ONTAP is NetApps file system technology that has traditionally powered on-premises network-attached storage NAS and provides a widely adopted set of data access and management capabilities. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP enables customers to launch run and scale fully managed NetApp ONTAP file storage on AWS with just a few clicksgiving customers the ability to migrate their applications that rely on NAS appliances to AWS without having to modify their applications tools processes or workflows. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP now makes it possible for customers to deploy and manage their applications and data using the NAS workflows they already know and use today and enjoy the agility scalability and security of AWSalong with seamless integration with other AWS services. There are no upfront commitments or costs to use Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP and customers only pay for the resources used. To get started with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP visit aws.amazon.comfsxnetapp-ontap.Organizations of all sizes are migrating their on-premises applications to the cloud to increase agility accelerate innovation improve security and reduce costs. Many of those applications store the data they rely on in a NAS appliance providing multiple compute resources and multiple users with access to shared data. Today many organizations store and manage their application data on premises using NAS appliances powered by ONTAP which provide storage and data management features that make it easy to manage applications and workloads. For example application administrators depend on ONTAP to provide high-performance storage with features that make it easy to support their applications like multi-protocol access to network file shares point-in-time snapshots for data protection and data replication and cloning for redundancy. Storage administrators typically manage NetApp ONTAP deployments for multiple users and groups and rely on standardized tools workflows and processes for managing file storage that are built around ONTAPs administrative capabilities and application programming interfaces APIs. Before today if customers wanted to migrate their applications to the cloud they would need to forgo the NAS data management capabilities they are familiar with and in many cases re-architect their applications tools and workflows which required customers to expend time and effort to realize the agility scalability and security of the cloud.Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP now allows customers to launch run and scale fully managed NetApp ONTAP file storage on AWS with just a few clicksgiving customers the ability to migrate their on-premises applications that rely on NetApp or other NAS appliances to AWS without having to modify their applications or how they manage their data. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP offers high-performance file storage that supports ONTAPs familiar capabilities and features including multi-protocol access to network file shares point-in-time snapshots SnapMirror for data replication and FlexClone for data cloning. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP also fully supports ONTAPs storage efficiency features deduplication compression compaction and thin provisioning so customers can take advantage of their on-premises capabilities in the cloud. In addition to using the Amazon FSx API customers can also manage Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP using ONTAP administrative APIs allowing customers to continue deploying and managing storage using their existing tools workflows and processes. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP provides high availability and durability by automatically replicating data across multiple Availability Zones and it supports data replication and backups across AWS Regions for even higher resiliency. With Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP customers can now take full advantage of NetApp ONTAP as a fully managed service in the cloud for the first time and enjoy familiar AWS APIs tools and seamless integration with other AWS services for a unified application experience.In collaborating with NetApp to deliver Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP were giving customers the only complete cloud service that is built on ONTAP and provides its most popular features and capabilities said Wayne Duso Vice President of File Edge and Data Services at AWS. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP now makes it even easier for customers to migrate applications and run them on AWS using the same familiar file storage workflows and data management capabilities they use today on premises.NetApp is a cloud-led software company that specializes in helping our customers get the most out of their data. ONTAP and its data management capabilities are integral for so many mission-critical workloads said Anthony Lye Executive Vice President and General Manager Public Cloud Services NetApp. With Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP weve brought NetApps trusted file storage and data management capabilities to the AWS Cloud. By providing a fully managed service thats supported run and sold by AWS were making it simple for customers to leverage the power of ONTAP for virtually any application.Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP joins Amazon FSx for Windows File Server and Amazon FSx for Lustre as the newest file system offered by Amazon FSxa suite of file storage services that makes it easy and cost effective to launch and run popular file systems that are fully managed by AWS. Customers can get started using Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP in minutes by creating a file system using the AWS Management Console the AWS Command Line Interface AWS CLI the Amazon FSx API or NetApps Cloud Manager.
