NetApp Answers to Article

Here is NetApp’s answer to this article, published on July 7, 2023, “Dell APEX File Storage for AWS Vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP“:

Where Dell is coming to the reality of organizations’ hybrid cloud infrastructures several years late, NetApp has been leading the cloud storage market for the last 7 years and our satisfied customers (such as Boomi and Karcher) prove the market direction we’ve set and lead is the right one. 

NetApp ONTAP is the leading cloud OS and CVO was introduced 7 years ago. Today we offer Azure NetApp Files, FSx for NetApp ONTAP, and Cloud Volumes Service for GCP.

NetApp is the only storage vendor to offer the simplicity and unparalleled scale of native cloud storage, which translates to integrated, simple, and highly scalable offerings built to support VMware, databases, SAP, and more.

As you know, last November NetApp launched BlueXP to deliver a single, unified management experience for storage and data services on-prem and in the cloud, which is well beyond an “easy button migration tool.” The BlueXP governance and classification feature rapidly scans volumes targeted for cloud migration to ensure correct permissions so sensitive data doesn’t get put into a cloud domain where it shouldn’t be, and customers can identify and avoid moving duplicate, stale, or non-compliant data.