NetApp Announces All-Flash SAN Array For Block Storage, Introduces Ransomware Recovery Guarantee

NetApp announced several new products, including an all-flash SAN array for block storage. The ASA (All-Flash SAN Array) A-Series family is said to simplify the deployment of modern SAN infrastructure while providing guaranteed availability and efficiency. NetApp also introduced a Ransomware Recovery Guarantee.

NetApp announced several new products, including an all-flash SAN array for block storage. The ASA (All-Flash SAN Array) A-Series family is said to simplify the deployment of modern SAN infrastructure while providing guaranteed availability and efficiency. NetApp also introduced a Ransomware Recovery Guarantee.

The NetApp ASA A-Series is a line of SAN-specific flash storage systems designed to deliver better performance, scalability, data availability, efficiency, and hybrid cloud connectivity for business-critical applications and databases. The ASA A-Series consists of five models, each supporting a maximum scale-out of 12 nodes. Effective capacity ranges from 13PB on the A150 and up to 351PB for the A900.

Features of ASA A-Series include:

• 99.9999 percent data availability guarantee
• NetApp’s 4:1 Storage Efficiency Guarantee
• More efficient with up to 50 percent lower power consumption than competitors
• All-NVMe performance flash with NVMe/FC, NVMe/TCP, FC, and iSCSI protocols
• Symmetric active-active architecture for continuous data access
• Storage Lifecycle Program for non-disruptive upgrades to the latest technology at no additional cost
• Integrated data protection and hybrid cloud connectivity can extend to AWS, AZURE, and Google Cloud

NetApp ASA A-Series

	ASA A900	ASA A800	ASA A400	ASA A250	ASA A150
Best for	Performance-driven block workloads and mission-critical applications that require high resilience	Most demanding block workloads that require ultra-low latency	Most enterprise applications running on SAN that require the best balance of performance and cost	Mid-size businesses and small enterprises that require simplicity and best value for SAN	Small and mid-size businesses that require simplicity and best value for SAN
Maximum scale-out	12 nodes	12 nodes	12 nodes	12 nodes	12 nodes
Maximum SSD	2880	1440	2880	288	432
Maximum effective capacity	351PB	158PB	351PB	26PB	13PB
Controller chassis form factor	8U	4U; 48 internal SSD slots	4U	2U; 24 internal SSD slots	2U; 24 internal SSD slots
Power consumption (median)	2450W (with NS224)	1463W	890W (with DS224C)	491W	300W
			1240W (with NS224)

NetApp Ransomware Recovery Guarantee

The NetApp Ransomware Recovery Guarantee leverages the NetApp ONTAP security and ransomware protection features. ONTAP can automatically block known malicious file types, block rogue admins and malicious users with multi-admin verification, and tamper-proof snapshots that can’t be deleted. If data copies can’t be recovered with help from NetApp or partner assistance, NetApp will offer compensation (specific terms and conditions apply).

Other announcements include:

• ONTAP One is available for all AFF, ASA, and FAS systems. NetApp is also making the capabilities built into ONTAP One available to existing deployed systems under support.
• ONTAP May 2023 Release improves ransomware protection and management of consolidated workloads.
• StorageGRID 11.7 & StorageGRID SGF6112, a new version of the StorageGRID software with advanced capabilities for disaster recovery, updates for security and compliance, simplified user experience, a next-generation all-Flash object storage appliance with improved performance and density to support rapidly growing performance-hungry object workloads with large amounts of data, including AI, analytics, and data lakes.
• NetApp Advance has expanded, growing NetApp’s portfolio of simplified buyer programs and guarantees.

NetApp ASA

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