https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/NetApp-archiving-and-Microsoft-Azure/m-p/104033#M4265 <P>You could look at SteelStore,&nbsp;which is a recent acquisition from RiverBed (it used to be called WhiteWater). It's a physical appliance which takes data from an existing backup application, dedupes and encrypts it, and then stores it on a compatible cloud-based object store (incluing Amazon S3/Glazier, Azure and others). It has a local cache to facilitate fast restores of existing data.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>It doesn't integrate directly with ONTAP, however. It simply presents a CIFS or NFS store to your existing backup application and then sends the data to the cloud provider.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>NetApp also have a product called "NDMP Cloud Extension Software", which can take&nbsp;an NDMP dump from a FAS system (or cDOT cluster) and write it into AWS. It doesn't support Azure at the moment - not sure if they have plans to extend it to Azure, but&nbsp;it would seem to make sense.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Cloud ONTAP is another option, but AFAIK it's only AWS at the moment, too. You could look at NetApp Private Storage for Azure as well, which basically involves running a dedicated FAS in a data centre directly-connected to Azure. Info for all of these options is available on the main NetApp&nbsp;site and also on the support site.</P> Sat, 02 May 2015 06:48:12 GMT dankirkwood 2015-05-02T06:48:12Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/NetApp-archiving-and-Microsoft-Azure/m-p/103993#M4262 <P>Hello,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I've been looking for solutions how to archive long term backups from NetApp. &nbsp;One of the toughts was&nbsp;to use Microsoft Azure cloud backup services.</P> <P>Actually, I'm looking for NetApp solution for achiving backup data&nbsp;outside of our premises.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I saw somewhere that there are some implementations with NetApp and Microsoft Azure.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Could you please give me some recommendations about archiving long term backup data outside NetApp filers?</P> <P>Is there any oficially supported solutions to move backup archives to Microsoft Azure or AWS?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thank you</P> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 04:25:07 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/NetApp-archiving-and-Microsoft-Azure/m-p/103993#M4262 sct 2025-06-05T04:25:07Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/NetApp-archiving-and-Microsoft-Azure/m-p/104033#M4265 <P>You could look at SteelStore,&nbsp;which is a recent acquisition from RiverBed (it used to be called WhiteWater). It's a physical appliance which takes data from an existing backup application, dedupes and encrypts it, and then stores it on a compatible cloud-based object store (incluing Amazon S3/Glazier, Azure and others). It has a local cache to facilitate fast restores of existing data.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>It doesn't integrate directly with ONTAP, however. It simply presents a CIFS or NFS store to your existing backup application and then sends the data to the cloud provider.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>NetApp also have a product called "NDMP Cloud Extension Software", which can take&nbsp;an NDMP dump from a FAS system (or cDOT cluster) and write it into AWS. It doesn't support Azure at the moment - not sure if they have plans to extend it to Azure, but&nbsp;it would seem to make sense.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Cloud ONTAP is another option, but AFAIK it's only AWS at the moment, too. You could look at NetApp Private Storage for Azure as well, which basically involves running a dedicated FAS in a data centre directly-connected to Azure. Info for all of these options is available on the main NetApp&nbsp;site and also on the support site.</P> Sat, 02 May 2015 06:48:12 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/NetApp-archiving-and-Microsoft-Azure/m-p/104033#M4265 dankirkwood 2015-05-02T06:48:12Z