Hard questions.
Companies of all sizes have challenges controlling their storage footprint due to the overwhelmingly rapid growth of data. 'How much storage can I afford?' is the question that comes up early in IT leaders’ minds. It eventually turns into the question, "How much data do I need to keep?" as growth invariably exceeds forecasts over the system's lifespan. Storage administrators sometimes face uneasy budget requests for additional drive shelves or deciding whether data can be erased or preserved, neither of which is ideal.
Imagine if things were simpler. What if the flash storage systems you invested in do not run out of space, eliminating the need to forecast growth over several years accurately? What if your storage systems let you avoid the issues that arise with capacity constraints by tiering old/unused data off to the cloud – automatically, with no change in applications or workflows required? Well, ours can, as NetApp flash storage systems always have room for data thanks to built-in tiering.
There is always room.
By setting up tiering, NetApp flash storage systems not only offer the 'gold standard' for storage efficiency in the market with compression, compaction, and de-duplication but they can also continuously free up space so that there is always room for additional data. This eliminates the need to overspend in the hopes that your flash system will have adequate storage for a few years.
By automatically transferring infrequently accessed data to your object storage of choice, whether it is on-premises or in the cloud, BlueXP tiering effectively increases the capacity of your NetApp AFF systems. It gives you peace of mind fast.
You are in control.
Tiering policies are always completely in your control and are modifiable from the dashboard, which is straightforward and intuitive when adjustments are needed.
Customers can utilize pre-defined policies that are designed to address specific use cases. They can opt to tier cold user data and snapshots, primary storage tiering, or all user data, secondary storage tiering.
The customers always have full visibility of their cold data. Using the BlueXP interface, you gain access to all tiered instances and environments. With NetApp flash storage systems, you can spend less upfront, grow cost-effectively, and never run out of primary storage space with the built-in tiering.
To expand your curiosity on putting the cloud in a hybrid cloud, read this blog.
There are places to visit to learn more about tiering and “Putting the cloud in hybrid cloud” campaign:
- Putting the cloud in hybrid cloud information page
- Field Portal Information Page BlueXP capabilities – BlueXP tiering
- BlueXP tiering: Wicked intelligent data growth management
- BlueXP tiering Product Page