Equinix: NetApp Private Storage for AWS

Equinix, Inc. announced availability of NetApp Private Storage for Amazon Web Services in its International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers.

The new solution enables organizations to leverage on-demand cloud compute services while retaining full control of their data; data remains secure on a private NetApp storage array.

Customers around the world will be able to leverage the solution in any of Equinix’s AWS Direct Connect locations.

When deployed on Platform Equinix, NetApp Private Storage for AWS allows organizations to balance private and public cloud resources to best meet their business needs. This enables companies to maintain control of their data, comply with the most stringent privacy and security standards, and deliver sub-5ms performance.

Key Facts

• Many organizations have top-down mandates to move a significant portion of their workloads into the cloud. But several challenges remain to cloud adoption, including rigorous compliance and security standards, the need to retain control over data, as well as performance degradation.
• Leveraging AWS Direct Connect access within Platform Equinix, customers with heavy storage and compute needs can now combine NetApp Private Storage with public cloud resources to gain the cost and agility benefits of public cloud and maintain control over data, comply with stringent privacy and security standards, and improve application performance.
• When located within an Equinix IBX data center, NetApp Private Storage for AWS enables sub-5ms response times on data traveling between the hosted NetApp array and AWS. Other data center providers claiming a ‘direct connection’ to public cloud services use long-haul circuits for the connection, which introduces additional latency and impairs performance.
• Companies can use NetApp Private Storage for AWS for applications, such as cost effective DR, development and test, burst, tiered backup and recovery, big data analytics.
• NetApp Private Storage for AWS has been deployed, tested and validated in Equinix Solution Validation Centers (SVC) located in Silicon Valley and Ashburn, VA. Demo platforms will be made available for testing and validation by Equinix customers in the Singapore, Silicon Valley, and Ashburn Equinix SVC.

Greg Adgate, GM global alliances and partnerships, Equinix, said: "Equinix’s robust cloud ecosystem makes Platform Equinix an ideal place to combine NetApp Private Storage with AWS Direct Connect. By taking down the barriers of cloud service adoption, we believe the solution will help both cloud consumers and cloud service providers accelerate business and maximize revenue streams."