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Cloud as DR site

vims — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:01:13 GMT

Hello Gurus,

I am currently investigating to use Cloud tiers as DR site (could be wrong in terminology). We need offsite backup copy and and I am thinking to configure it there. Has anyone done that? Any useful tips will be greatly appreciated.

Re: Cloud as DR site

wswens42 — Fri, 13 May 2022 03:40:33 GMT

Hello vims,

Would you be looking to do something like snapmirror to a cloud volume? Check out the document below and see if this is what you are looking to do.

https://cloud.netapp.com/blog/simplified-disaster-recovery-ontap-cloud-snapmirror

Re: Cloud as DR site

darb0505 — Fri, 13 May 2022 03:54:46 GMT

@vims,

As mention by @wswens42, you can do a snapmirror relationship or you can use our Cloud Backup Service to backup On-Prem to the cloud.

Link: Concept Backup to Cloud

When you mention Cloud tiering, that is referring to Hot data (On-Prem) and tiering cold data to the Cloud (AWS,Azure, GCP, Storage Grid,etc)

Let us know if you have any follow up questions.

Thanks,

Brad

Re: Cloud as DR site

aladd — Fri, 13 May 2022 04:52:52 GMT

There are multiple options available for NetApp Cloud solutions.

DR specifically would be as a secondary location for data to be serviced from in the event of a catastrophic failure at the primary site.

Other options, as @darb0505 has mentioned are cloud backup.

Depending on the solution you are looking for there are numerous options available. You can find potential solutions here: https://cloud.netapp.com/ or by engaging your account team, they may be able to assist with finding the best solution possible for your needs.