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

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Introducing the NetApp AFF A Series—your ultimate solution for high-performance, unified data storage in China. This state-of-the-art storage system seamlessly integrates all workloads, including VMware, databases, and AI applications, making it ideal for suppliers and factories looking to enhance their data management capabilities.

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Experience unmatched performance and security with the NetApp AFF A Series, designed to handle various data types while ensuring your business operations run smoothly. Don't compromise on efficiency—choose a storage solution that meets the demands of modern enterprises in China.

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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.
    At the same time, achieve 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

    40M IOPS
    Speeds up the operation of mission-critical applications
    1TB/S
    Throughput drives data-intensive workloads
    Over 99%
    Real-time ransomware detection accuracy
    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
    Specifications 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
    Specifications 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

    What are the new models in the NetApp AFF A series?
    The brand-new NetApp AFF A series models include the AFF A1K, AFF A90, AFF A70, AFF A50, AFF A30, and AFF A20. These models are designed to scale down to capacities as low as 15.38TB, making advanced storage accessible to organizations of all sizes.
    What performance levels can I expect from the AFF A series?
    The AFF A series delivers industry-leading performance of up to 40M IOPS to speed up mission-critical applications, along with up to 1TB/s throughput to drive data-intensive workloads efficiently.
    How does the NetApp AFF A series protect against ransomware?
    It features AI/ML-based real-time ransomware detection technology that offers over 99% detection accuracy. Combined with SnapLock tamper-proof snapshots, it guarantees secure data recovery and business continuity.
    Which storage protocols are supported by the AFF A series?
    The series supports a wide range of protocols including FC, iSCSI, NVMe/FC, NVMe/TCP, NFS, NFSv4/RDMA, SMB, and S3, ensuring seamless integration into diverse IT environments.
    What is ONTAP storage software and what features does it provide?
    ONTAP is the unified data management software used across all AFF A series models. It provides advanced features such as inline deduplication and compression, dual-active storage up to 700km, unstructured data management (FlexGroup), automatic data layering (Fabric Pool), and SnapCenter backup integration.

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