Azure Storage Management: Netapp BlueXP

Enterprises are looking to migrate workloads to Azure, but they don’t want to lose the enterprise-grade data management capabilities they had on-premises, such as reliability, security, performance, and cost efficiency.

BlueXP lets you centrally provision and manage a highly available, performant, and cost-efficient cloud-based storage infrastructure on Azure that enables seamless migration and data protection across your hybrid cloud

Build your enterprise storage on Azure

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Cloud Volumes ONTAP is ONTAP-based Azure storage you create in your Virtual Network (VNet), giving you granular control over the underlying infrastructure
Azure NetApp Files is ONTAP-based Azure storage delivered as a fully managed service by Azure

Cloud Volumes ONTAP: customer managed service, deployed and operated using BlueXP

Azure NetApp Files: fully managed Azure service, can be deployed and operated using BlueXP and/or Azure management tools

Move data across on-premises, edge, and Azure

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BlueXP helps you easily move application and user data between your on-premises, edge, and Azure storage environments.

Replicate data from on-premises and edge locations to native or ONTAP-based Azure storage
Free up space on-premises by tiering infrequently used data from ONTAP systems to Azure Blob storage
Enable low-latency access to consolidated data with remote data caching

Protect data in Azure with enterprise-grade resilience

BlueXP protects your data in Azure, making it easier to enforce high availability, business continuity, and enterprise security standards.

Create storage with a Single-Zone or Multi-Zone high-availability architecture with automatic failover and failback
Back up on-premises ONTAP and Cloud Volumes ONTAP volumes to Azure Blob storage with BlueXP backup and recovery
Replicate ONTAP volumes across regions and clouds to ensure business continuity in the event of a major outage
Enforce enterprise-grade security that includes volume-level encryption, immutable copies, access controls, and ransomware protection

Single-Zone or Multi-Zone high-availability

Backup to Azure blob and replicate data across regions

Enforce enterprise-grade security

Classify your Azure data for enhanced governance and privacy

BlueXP lets you scan unstructured data for actionable insights to address compliance requirements, optimize costs, and accelerate migration to Azure.

Scan file information and discover personal identifiers within files
Organize data based on file information: sensitivity level, owner, permissions, labels, time attributes, and size
Copy, move, and delete files to perform clean migrations to Azure

Lower the total cost of ownership for your Azure workloads

Optimize your ONTAP-based storage consumption and costs without sacrificing on workload performance.

Store more data in a smaller storage footprint with thin provisioning and built-in data reduction technologies, such as deduplication and compression
Tier infrequently accessed data to object storage for optimal storage utilization and cost reduction
Leverage inherently efficient NetApp Snapshot™ copies and cloning features that use minimal capacity and incremental forever block-level replication