NetApp AFF C-Series Low-Cost, Capacity Flash Storage for Data Center

NetApp, Inc. announced the upcoming availability of the AFF C-Series, a family of capacity flash storage options that deliver lower cost all-flash storage, and AFF A150, an entry-level storage system in the AFF A-Series family of all-flash systems.

AFF C-Series appliances

The AFF C-Series delivers flash performance, while remaining cost-effective and efficient for a lower TCO and a smaller storage footprint. This family of capacity flash arrays are also offered with software suites, ONTAP One, an all-in-one license that includes all available company’s software. Customers can modernize their data center with the flexibility to choose the right storage (performance flash, capacity flash, or hybrid) for their VMware, database, and file workload requirements, all running on ONTAP and managed centrally by NetApp BlueXP for a hybrid cloud experience.

The company also announced NetApp Advance, a portfolio of storage programs and guarantees to deliver customer ownership experience and cost-effectively future proof on-premises environments.^(*) This gives customers the flexibility and choice to safeguard their storage investment – whether the C-Series, AFF A150 or other newly acquired AFF or FAS systems – with the ability to right-size on-premises environment and transition to SaaS or cloud storage as their business requires. And with NetApp’s 4:1 Storage Efficiency Guarantee,^(*) the firm ensures that workload efficiency goals are met, or the company will rectify this at no cost to the customer.

“NetApp has been a flash storage leader for years, and today’s announcements of the AFF C-Series and A150 builds on that legacy of innovation to bring our customers and partners some of the most affordable and sustainable all flash storage in the market today,” said Sandeep Singh, SVP, enterprise storage. “As companies are looking at their bottom line in this economic environment, we want to meet their needs by providing capacity flash at a lower cost to entry in order to better enable their transition from hybrid storage to all-flash while staying in budget.”

AFF C-Series, which is comprised of AFF C250, AFF C400 and AFF C800, offers:

Guaranteed storage efficiency to improve an organization’s storage footprint and energy costs to reduce TCO while simplifying operations.^(*)
Scalability on-premises to allow organizations to scale capacity and performance as their data grows.
Data security with ransomware protection to keep important data secure, available and protected.

The AFF A150 is for SMBs, and ROBOs and distributed deployments to better meet the needs of customers who require entry-level, enterprise-class storage, while providing:

Better performance
More scalability and expansion options
HA with support for MetroCluster IP

These additions this product line-up are for entry-level to high-end workloads (including VMs, database, and backup consolidation), are feature-rich with ONTAP data management, and are offered at an attractive price point for customers – creating growth opportunities for the firm’s partners to reach new markets while qualifying for NetApp Partner Sphere incentives.

“NetApp continues to assert itself as one of the market’s preeminent innovators for hybrid cloud storage,” said Juan Orlandini, chief architect and distinguished engineer, Insight Enterprises. “As a leading solutions integrator and longtime NetApp partner, we know our joint customers are looking for the industry’s most innovative solutions and services to enable speed, scale and resilience for their business. With these new capacity flash and entry level offerings, we’re opening the door to acquire new customers at scale.”

Availability:

NetApp Advance is available.
The NetApp AFF C-Series family and NetApp AFF A150 will be available starting in March 2023, and NetApp and Cisco plan to offer these storage options within the integrated infrastructure offering, FlexPod, in 4FY23.