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Ultra-Secure NetApp AFF A Series: High-Performance Unified Data Storage for China Suppliers and Factories

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NetApp AFF A Series

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Enhance your business operations in China with the NetApp AFF A Series, a high-performance and ultra-secure unified data storage solution. Designed for diverse workloads, including VMware, databases, and AI applications, this advanced storage system is ideal for various data types and industries. Partner with leading suppliers and factory-direct options to optimize your data management and accelerate your digital transformation.

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    Product description
    Unify data storage to promote the development of every business. The powerful functions of the NetApp AFF A series are now extended to every organization. With the brand-new AFF A50, A30 and A20, you can start with capacities as low as 15.38TB, while achieving higher performance and efficiency in each rack unit. NetApp A series can provide advanced data management, industry-leading ransomware protection and seamless hybrid cloud integration for enterprises of all sizes.
    Power and protect all workloads
    Accelerate application speeds and secure critical processes with NetApp's industry-leading technology.
    40M IOPS Speed
    Speeds up the operation of mission-critical applications to ensure zero delays.
    1TB/S Throughput
    Drives data-intensive workloads seamlessly with high bandwidth capacity.
    Over 99% Accuracy
    Real-time ransomware detection to safeguard critical database structures.
    Powerful storage
    Accelerate storage speed with unparalleled performance and ultra-large scale. The brand-new NetApp AFF A series systems provide strong power support for your mission-critical workloads with up to 40M IOPs, 1TB/s throughput, uninterrupted data reduction capabilities, and proven availability of up to 99.9999%.
    Data-driven intelligence
    By leveraging rich industry data service capabilities, build an AI-ready ecosystem on infrastructure that ADAPTS to future demands. Manage, protect and mobilize data seamlessly at the lowest cost in private deployments and hybrid cloud environments.
    Secure storage
    Protect your valuable data with AI/ ML-based real-time ransomware detection technology, which offers over 99% accuracy and guaranteed data recovery, as well as business continuity. All data is stored in our certified, enhanced enterprise-level storage system suitable for critical business systems.
    Technical specifications of AFF A series
    Although each AFF A series model uses the same ONTAP software, the hardware functions are different. From building modern IT to moving data in and out of multiple clouds, you can find solutions that meet your data needs in the AFF A series.
    New Models
    Specification AFF A1K AFF A90 AFF A70 AFF A50 AFF A30 AFF A20
    Maximum number of controllers 24 nodes 24 nodes 24 nodes 24 nodes 24 nodes 24 nodes
    The external specifications of the controller chassis 4U 4U; 48 internal NVMe SSD slots 4U; 48 internal NVMe SSD slots 2U; 24 internal NVMe SSD slots 2U; 24 internal NVMe SSD slots 2U; 24 internal NVMe SSD slots
    Protocol support FC, iSCSI, NVMe/FC, NVMe/TCP, NFS, NFSv4/RDMA, SMB, S3
    Supported hard disk types SSD, NVMe SSD
    High availability

    • Dual active controller architecture

    • Uninterrupted maintenance, upgrade and horizontal expansion of the cluster

    • Multi-site elasticity ensures continuous data access

    Operating system and application support Supports Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, Linux Oracle Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, macOS, VMware, ESX, and mainstream domestic operating systems and database platforms such as Kylin and UOS of UnionTech
    ONTAP storage software

    The ONTAP storage software package offers advanced software functions such as leading data management, storage efficiency, and data protection:

    • Efficiency: NetApp FlexVol® features online and post-processing deduplication, online and post-processing data compression, data reduction, and streamlined configuration for configuring SAN, NAS, and object storage protocols

    • Dual-active storage: Supports NAS, SAN, and S3 dual-active functions, with a maximum dual-active distance of 700 kilometers. Large-scale single namespace management with local and remote caching, and long-distance read and write performance improved by multi-site replica caching

    • Multi-protocol interoperability: Supports dual-protocol interoperability between NAS and S3 for the same data

    • Cloning: Supports virtual cloning functions for files, luns, and volumes. Virtual cloned data does not occupy additional storage space

    • Unstructured data management: The scalable NAS container FlexGroup technology supports a single NAS namespace capacity of 20 PB and can accommodate 400 billion files [4]

    • Data protection: RAID-TEC triple hard disk redundancy failure protection technology, RAID DP dual hard disk redundancy failure protection technology, over 2 million SAN/NAS snapshots, as well as second-level snapshot recovery and second-level snapshot cloning functions

    • Data Security: Automatic ransomware protection, multi-factor management access, multi-administrator verification, dynamic authorization framework; SnapLock tamper-proof snapshot

    • Performance: Adaptive Quality of Service (QoS), providing QoS policy management based on maximum/minimum IOPS or maximum/minimum bandwidth, and automatically allocating storage resources in response to changes in workload

    • Management: OnCommand System Manager, OnCommand Unified Manager, REAT API, Command Line, Web

    • Automatic data layering: Supports automatic layering of cold data and cold snapshots to private cloud and public cloud (Fabric Pool)

    • Storage and backup software: SnapCenter enterprise-level storage backup software utilizes Copy Data Management (CDM for short) technology and Continue Data Protection (CDP for short) technology for mainstream systems and enterprise-level business applications. Provide data backup, verification, cloning and recovery functions with application/database consistency protection

    Other Models
    Specification AFF A900 AFF A800 AFF A400 AFF A250 AFF A150
    Maximum number of controllers 24 nodes 24 nodes 24 nodes 24 nodes 24 nodes
    The external specifications of the controller chassis 8U 4U; 48 internal SSD slots 4U 2U; 24 internal SSD slots 2U; 24 internal SSD slots
    Protocol support NVMe/TCP, NVMe/FC, FC, iSCSI, NFS, pNFS, CIFS/SMB, Amazon S3 NFSv4/RDMA, NVMe/TCP, NVMe/FC, FC, iSCSI, NFS, pNFS, CIFS/SMB, Amazon S3 NFSv4/RDMA, NVMe/TCP, NVMe/FC, FC, iSCSI, NFS, pNFS, CIFS/SMB, Amazon S3 NVMe/TCP, NVMe/FC, FC, iSCSI, NFS, pNFS, CIFS/SMB, Amazon S3 NVMe/TCP, FC, iSCSI, NFS, pNFS, CIFS/SMB, Amazon S3
    Supported hard disk types SSD, NVMe SSD SSD, NVMe SSD SSD, NVMe SSD SSD, NVMe SSD SSD, NVMe SSD
    High availability

    • Dual active controller architecture

    • Uninterrupted maintenance, upgrade and horizontal expansion of the cluster

    • Multi-site elasticity ensures continuous data access

    Operating system and application support Supports Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, Linux Oracle Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, macOS, VMware, ESX, and mainstream domestic operating systems and database platforms such as Kylin and UOS of UnionTech
    ONTAP storage software

    The ONTAP storage software package offers advanced software functions such as leading data management, storage efficiency, and data protection:

    • Efficiency: NetApp FlexVol® features online and post-processing deduplication, online and post-processing data compression, data reduction, and streamlined configuration for configuring SAN, NAS, and object storage protocols

    • Dual-active storage: Supports NAS, SAN, and S3 dual-active functions, with a maximum dual-active distance of 700 kilometers. Large-scale single namespace management with local and remote caching, and long-distance read and write performance improved by multi-site replica caching

    • Multi-protocol interoperability: Supports dual-protocol interoperability between NAS and S3 for the same data

    • Cloning: Supports virtual cloning functions for files, luns, and volumes. Virtual cloned data does not occupy additional storage space

    • Unstructured data management: The scalable NAS container FlexGroup technology supports a single NAS namespace capacity of 20 PB and can accommodate 400 billion files [4]

    • Data protection: RAID-TEC triple hard disk redundancy failure protection technology, RAID DP dual hard disk redundancy failure protection technology, over 2 million SAN/NAS snapshots, as well as second-level snapshot recovery and second-level snapshot cloning functions

    • Data Security: Automatic ransomware protection, multi-factor management access, multi-administrator verification, dynamic authorization framework; SnapLock tamper-proof snapshot

    • Performance: Adaptive Quality of Service (QoS), providing QoS policy management based on maximum/minimum IOPS or maximum/minimum bandwidth, and automatically allocating storage resources in response to changes in workload

    • Management: OnCommand System Manager, OnCommand Unified Manager, REAT API, Command Line, Web

    • Automatic data layering: Supports automatic layering of cold data and cold snapshots to private cloud and public cloud (Fabric Pool)

    • Storage and backup software: SnapCenter enterprise-level storage backup software utilizes Copy Data Management (CDM for short) technology and Continue Data Protection (CDP for short) technology for mainstream systems and enterprise-level business applications. Provide data backup, verification, cloning and recovery functions with application/database consistency protection

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
    Q: What are the entry-level capacity capabilities of the new NetApp AFF A series?
    With the brand-new NetApp AFF A50, A30, and A20, organizations can start with storage capacities as low as 15.38TB while achieving higher performance and efficiency in each rack unit.
    Q: What performance metrics can the NetApp AFF A series achieve?
    The systems offer up to 40M IOPS for accelerating mission-critical applications, 1TB/s throughput for data-intensive workloads, uninterrupted data reduction, and a proven availability of up to 99.9999%.
    Q: How does the NetApp AFF A series protect data against ransomware?
    NetApp AFF A series utilizes AI/ML-based real-time ransomware detection technology that offers over 99% detection accuracy, guaranteeing data recovery and ensuring business continuity.
    Q: What storage protocols are supported by the new NetApp AFF models?
    The new models (AFF A1K, A90, A70, A50, A30, A20) support a comprehensive range of protocols including FC, iSCSI, NVMe/FC, NVMe/TCP, NFS, NFSv4/RDMA, SMB, and S3.
    Q: Does the virtual cloning feature in ONTAP consume additional storage space?
    No, ONTAP supports virtual cloning functions for files, LUNs, and volumes, and this virtual cloned data does not occupy any additional storage space.
    Q: What operating systems and application environments are supported?
    The series supports Microsoft Windows (2000, Server 2003 through 2016), Linux, Oracle Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, macOS, VMware, ESX, as well as mainstream domestic operating systems and database platforms such as Kylin and UOS of UnionTech.

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