StorageX© for Cloud Volumes and Cloud Volumes ONTAP®Accelerate Hybrid CloudEnterprise IT organizations are at a crossroads. The critical decision is: where do I put my data? Do I build my own private cloud? Is my data safe in the public cloud? There isn’t a cookie-cutter answer that fits every organization, but there is a middle ground approaching, and that is the hybrid cloud. However, even with the hybrid cloud, how do you identify what goes where, and on which platform? This is where NetApp Cloud Volumes and Cloud Volumes ONTAP® come in. Cloud Volumes and Cloud Volumes ONTAP® are services provided on hyperscalers that are based on trusted NetApp technology. Whether you need a volume or an entire cluster running in the cloud, Cloud Volumes is the answer.

How StorageX© and Cloud Volumes Work TogetherThe StorageX platform provides a full suite of data management solutions, from analytics to archive to data migration. Each IT organization has its unique set of data management and placement requirements. The solution needs to be able to adapt and provide the flexibility for each need. StorageX provides not only the analytics to identify which workload is the best candidate for moving to the cloud, but it can also make that transformation for you. Whether to move frequently or infrequently accessed data or to the cloud is up to the user. StorageX provides the data to help make that decision, as well as take the action once decided.

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Business Value Benefits:

• Analytics-driven, fast, and highly automated file migration solution.

• Operates across hundreds of servers, thousands of data stores, and multiple countries and data centers.

• Decentralized decision making with centralized monitoring and reporting.

• Lower risk with automation.

Solution Highlights

NetApp® Cloud Volumes with StorageX© accelerates the hybrid cloud

• Control public cloud storage resources with the NetApp® Cloud Volumes ONTAP® operating system. ONTAP® is the world’s #1 open networked branded storage OS*

• Multiple storage consumption models provide the flexibility that allows you to use just what you need, when you need it.

• Rapid point-and-click deployment from NetApp Cloud Manager enables you to deploy advanced data management systems in Amazon Web Services (AWS) in minutes

Scalable and Simple

StorageX provides a single pane of glass to analyze and move data. Whether it is user data, application data, or data to be used for machine learning, StorageX will facilitate the transfer. StorageX deployed at a single site can scan and analyze data in numerous datacenters or in the cloud. The StorageX Universal Data Engine (UDE) will be deployed where your data is. Reporting, analysis, and transport will be handled centrally. Workload can be easily transferred to NetApp Cloud Volumes as needed.

Table 1

Table 1 shows some of the key business challenges that are addressed by a NetApp Cloud Volumes and StorageX solution.

Conclusion

StorageX and NetApp Cloud Volumes help you determine the infrastructure that best fits your application and economic needs. Whether you are running on a private cloud, running on the public cloud, or looking to identify and move workload to the public cloud, NetApp® has a solution. With StorageX, you have the means to identify the workload and get you there.

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About NetApp®

NetApp is the data authority for hybrid cloud. They provide a full range of hybrid cloud data services that simplify management of applications and data across cloud and on-premises environments to accelerate digital transformation.

Together with Data Dynamics and their other partners, they empower global organizations to unleash the full potential of their data to expand customer touch-points, foster greater innovation and optimize their operations. For more information, visit: www.netapp.com. #DataDriven

About Data Dynamics

Data Dynamics is a leader in intelligent file management solutions that empower enterprises to seamlessly analyze, move, manage and modernize critical data across hybrid, cloud and object-based storage infrastructures for true business transformation. Its award-winning StorageX platform eliminates vendor lock-in and provides a policy-based, storage management platform to provide the insight, agility, and operational efficiency to transform your data assets into competitive advantage. Used today by 24 of the top Fortune 100 companies, StorageX has optimized more than 200 PB of storage, saving more than 100 years in project time and $100 million in total storage costs. For more information, please visit: www.datadynamicsinc.com.

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Problem Solution

How is my data infrastructure used?

StorageX analytics provides visibility into how an unstructured infrastructure is used.

What should move to the cloudYou, armed with the analytics data, decide the profile of data that can and should be moved to the cloud.

How do I move it to the cloud? StorageX provides the mechanism to move data to the hybrid cloud.

How do I adopt the Hybrid cloud?

NetApp Cloud Volumes provides the platform to easily accommodate any work load. Data will be available on the cloud to compute and other cloud services.