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NetApp® BlueXP™ tiering expands primary storage capacity by automatically moving infrequently accessed(cold) data in on-premises ONTAP clusters to object-based storage. It frees up the available capacity of your primary storage, saving up to 70% on your overall storage footprint.

Data is always available for immediate access

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Tiering operates automatically without any need to change your workflows

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Infrequently-used data is automatically discovered and moved to object storage

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Applications continue to access the tiered data in the same way - no need to refactor

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Data is always available for immediate access: if tiered data is needed – it is automatically moved back

Complete control

Set your tiering policy preferences and change them whenever you want

  • Define which volumes to tier
  • Identify the types of data to tier
  • Set time intervals when data to be tiered and retrieved
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Robust security

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Tier your data while complying with enterprise security standards

  • End-to-end data encryption and SOC2-type2 certification
  • Tiered data is stored in your data center or cloud account
  • The object storage capacity tier is highly durable
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Festo case study

Read about how BlueXP tiering helped Festo, an industrial giant in Germany, optimize hardware usage and significantly reduce overall storage footprint

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Pricing

Explore the complete pricing for tiering and for other BlueXP capabilities

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