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Learn about Cloud Volumes ONTAP deployment options in Azure

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NetApp provides two options for deploying Cloud Volumes ONTAP on Azure. Cloud Volumes ONTAP traditionally relies on BlueXP for deployment and orchestration. Beginning with Cloud Volumes ONTAP 9.16.1, you can take advantage of Azure marketplace direct deployment, a streamlined process that provides access to a limited, but still powerful set of Cloud Volumes ONTAP features and options.

When you deploy Cloud Volumes ONTAP directly from the Azure marketplace, you're not required to set up the BlueXP Connector or meet other security and onboarding criteria required for deploying Cloud Volumes ONTAP through BlueXP. From the Azure marketplace, you can quickly deploy Cloud Volumes ONTAP in a few clicks and explore its core features and capabilities in your environment.

On completing the deployment in the Azure marketplace, you can discover these systems in BlueXP. After discovery, you can manage them as working environments and take advantage of all the BlueXP capabilities. Refer to Discover the deployed systems in BlueXP.

Here is the feature comparison between the two options. Note that the features of a standalone instance deployed through the Azure marketplace change when it is discovered in BlueXP.

Azure marketplace BlueXP

Onboarding

Shorter and easier, minimal preparation required for direct deployment

Longer onboarding process, including the installation of the BlueXP Connector

Supported virtual machine (VM) types

Eds_v5 and Ls_v3 instance types

Note L8s_v3 instance type is supported in the Azure marketplace for HA configurations, but not in BlueXP. BlueXP won't be able to detect it correctly during discovery.

Full range of VM types.
Supported configurations in Azure

License

Free license

Any capacity-based license.
Cloud Volumes ONTAP licensing

NetApp support

Not included

Available, based on the license type

Capacity

Up to 500 GiB

Expandable by configuration

Deployment model

High-availability (HA) mode deployment in single availability zone (AZ)

All supported configurations, including single node and HA modes, single and multiple AZ deployments

Supported disk type

Premium SSD v2 Managed Disks

Wider support.
Default configuration for Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Write speed (fast write mode)

Not supported

Supported, based on your configuration.
Learn about write speeds in Cloud Volumes ONTAP.

Orchestration capabilities

Not available

Available through BlueXP, based on the license type

Number of supported storage VMs

One per deployment

Multiple storage VMs, based on your configuration.
Supported number of storage VMs

Changing the instance type

Not supported

Supported

FabricPool tiering

Not supported

Supported
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