ONTAP 9 Manuals ( CA08871-402 )

ONTAP version support for S3 object storage

S3 object storage is supported on all ETERNUS AX and ETERNUS HX series using ONTAP 9.8 and later.

As with other protocols such as iSCSI, NFS, NVMe_oF, and SMB, S3 requires the installation of a license before it can be used in ONTAP. The S3 license is a zero-cost license, but it must be installed on systems upgrading to ONTAP 9.8. The S3 license can be downloaded from the Master License Keys page on the DVD included in the Product.

New ONTAP 9.8 and later systems have the S3 license pre-installed.

Cloud Volumes ONTAP

ONTAP S3 is configured and functions the same in Cloud Volumes ONTAP as in on-premises environments, with one exception:

  • Using aggregates from multiple nodes will impact performance because the nodes will be in geographically separated availability zones and susceptible to latency issues.

Cloud Provider ONTAP Version

Azure

ONTAP 9.9.1 and later

AWS

ONTAP 9.11.0 and later

Google Cloud

ONTAP 9.12.1 and later

Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

S3 object storage is supported on Amazon FSx for NetApp services using ONTAP 9.11 and later.

S3 support with MetroCluster

Beginning with ONTAP 9.14.1, you can enable an S3 object storage server on an SVM in a mirrored aggregate in MetroCluster IP configurations.

Beginning with ONTAP 9.12.1, you can enable an S3 object storage server on an SVM in an unmirrored aggregate in a MetroCluster IP configuration. For more information on the limitations of unmirrored aggregates in MetroCluster IP configurations, see Considerations for unmirrored aggregates.

S3 public preview in ONTAP 9.7

In ONTAP 9.7, S3 object storage was introduced as a public preview. That version was not intended for production environments and will no longer be updated as of ONTAP 9.8. Only ONTAP 9.8 and later releases support S3 object storage in production environments.

S3 buckets created with the 9.7 public preview can be used in ONTAP 9.8 and later, but cannot take advantage of feature enhancements. If you have buckets created with the 9.7 public preview, you should migrate the contents of those buckets to 9.8 buckets for feature support, security, and performance enhancements.

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