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What is NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is a software-defined storage system that runs ONTAP in public cloud environments to provide file and block storage with NetApp data management features. It is used by infrastructure and platform teams to support hybrid cloud storage, application data services, and migrations between on-premises ONTAP and cloud deployments. The product emphasizes ONTAP-based capabilities such as snapshots, replication, tiering, and storage efficiency across cloud and on-premises footprints. It is typically deployed and managed through NetApp BlueXP (formerly Cloud Manager) and integrates with major cloud provider services.
ONTAP data services in cloud
Cloud Volumes ONTAP brings familiar ONTAP capabilities—such as snapshots, cloning, replication, and thin provisioning—to cloud deployments. This can simplify hybrid operations for organizations already standardized on ONTAP. It also supports both NAS and SAN protocols, enabling a broader set of workloads than tools focused only on file transfer or migration.
Hybrid replication and DR options
The product supports SnapMirror-based replication between on-premises ONTAP systems and Cloud Volumes ONTAP, as well as between cloud instances. This enables disaster recovery and migration patterns that preserve storage-level consistency and recovery points. Compared with migration-only tools, it can keep ongoing replication in place for failover and failback scenarios.
Storage efficiency and tiering
Cloud Volumes ONTAP includes ONTAP storage efficiency features such as compression, deduplication, and compaction (availability varies by configuration and cloud). It also supports tiering colder data to lower-cost object storage in the same cloud, which can reduce primary storage consumption. These capabilities are useful for long-lived datasets beyond one-time migration projects.
Not a dedicated migration tool
Cloud Volumes ONTAP is primarily a storage platform rather than a purpose-built file migration application. While it supports data movement via replication and standard copy/sync approaches, it does not focus on end-user content migration workflows (e.g., SaaS-to-SaaS moves, mailbox migrations, or permissions remapping across collaboration platforms). Organizations may still need specialized migration utilities for those scenarios.
Operational complexity and licensing
Deployments require understanding ONTAP concepts, cloud networking, and the NetApp management layer (commonly BlueXP). Licensing and consumption models can be complex, with choices across marketplace offerings, BYOL, and feature-dependent editions. This can increase time-to-value compared with simpler cloud-native storage services or single-purpose transfer tools.
Cloud-specific performance constraints
Performance and scalability depend on the underlying cloud compute instance types, disk options, and network configuration. Some ONTAP features and maximums vary by cloud provider and version, and achieving predictable throughput may require careful sizing and testing. For workloads needing extremely high parallel transfer rates, specialized high-speed transfer services may be more straightforward.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Freemium | Free (up to 500 GiB provisioned capacity per Cloud Volumes ONTAP system) | Full Cloud Volumes ONTAP features free of charge from NetApp; no NetApp support; up to 10 systems per NetApp account; automatically converts to Essentials if capacity >500 GiB. |
| Essentials | $0.036 per GiB per month (capacity-based) | High performance and availability for enterprise and business-critical applications; single-node or HA; add-on cloud data services at extra cost; minimum charging applies when converted from Freemium. |
| Professional | $0.108 per GiB per month (capacity-based) | Fully featured ONTAP with 24/7 enterprise support, high availability for I/O-intensive primary workloads, I/O operations included, unlimited volume backups included for systems using Professional package; add-on services (example: BlueXP backup & recovery listed at $0.0425). |
| Pay-as-you-go (Marketplace) | Hourly billing (varies by cloud provider/region) | PAYGO available on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Marketplaces; calculated hourly and billed monthly; contract options include 1yr/2yr/3yr and pay-as-you-go. |
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