Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Managed NetApp ONTAP NAS
A managed NetApp ONTAP file system supporting NFS, SMB and iSCSI simultaneously, with snapshots, clones, SnapMirror, compression/deduplication, and automatic tiering of rarely used data to cheaper storage.
- Cost$$ Medium
- Difficulty●●●●●
- Costs money when idle?Yes
- Managed by AWS
- In examsSAA
Think of it asLike taking your familiar NetApp NAS system to the cloud as-is without having to maintain it yourself.
When to use it
✓ Use it when
You use NetApp on-prem and need multiprotocol access or ONTAP features when moving to AWS.
✗ Avoid it when
You only need NFS for Linux → EFS; you only need simple SMB → FSx for Windows File Server.
Common uses
- Migrating NetApp NAS to AWS with SnapMirror
- Shared storage for both Windows and Linux
- DR for on-prem NetApp
What does it cost?
- Pricing model: Charged per GB of provisioned SSD, capacity pool tier usage, provisioned throughput and IOPS, plus backups.
