Enterprise Application Manuals ( CA08871-660 )

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Overview

Microsoft Windows Server is an enterprise-class operating system (OS) that covers networking, security, virtualization, private cloud, hybrid cloud, virtual desktop infrastructure, access protection, information protection, web services, application platform infrastructure, and much more.

ONTAP runs on storage controllers. It is available in multiple formats.

  • A unified architecture supporting file, object, and block protocols. This enables the storage controllers to act as both NAS and SAN devices as well as object stores

  • An All SAN Array (ASA) that focuses only on block protocols and optimizes I/O resume times (IORT) by adding symmetric active-active multipathing for connect hosts

  • A software defined unified architecture

    • ONTAP Select running on VMware vSphere or KVM

    • Cloud Volumes ONTAP running as a cloud native instance

  • First party offerings from hyperscale cloud providers

    • Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

    • Azure NetApp Files

    • Google Cloud NetApp Volumes

ONTAP provides storage efficiency features such as Snapshot® technology, cloning, deduplication, thin provisioning, thin replication, compression, virtual storage tiering, and much more with enhanced performance and efficiency.

Together, Windows Server and ONTAP can operate in large environments and bring immense value to data center consolidation and private or hybrid cloud deployments. This combination also provides nondisruptive workloads efficiently and supports seamless scalability.

Intended audience

This document is intended for system and storage architects who design storage solutions for the Windows Server.

We make the following assumptions in this document:

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