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Supported configurations in Azure

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Several Cloud Volumes ONTAP configurations are supported in Azure.

Supported configurations by license

Cloud Volumes ONTAP is available in Azure as a single node system and as a high-availability (HA) pair of nodes for fault tolerance and nondisruptive operations.

Upgrading a single node system to an HA pair is not supported. If you want to switch between a single node system and an HA pair, then you need to deploy a new system and replicate data from the existing system to the new system.

Single node systems

You can choose from the following configurations when deploying Cloud Volumes ONTAP as a single-node system in Azure:

Freemium PAYGO Explore PAYGO Standard PAYGO Premium Node-based license Capacity-based license

Maximum system capacity
(disks + object storage)

500 GiB

2 TiB 1

10 TiB

368 TiB

368 TiB per license

2 PiB

Supported virtual machine types

  • DS4_v2

  • DS5_v2

  • DS13_v2

  • DS14_v2

  • DS15_v2

  • L8s_v2 2

  • E4s_v3

  • E8s_v3

  • E32s_v3 3

  • E48s_v3 3

  • E64is_v3 3

  • E4ds_v4 3

  • E8ds_v4 3

  • E32ds_v4 3

  • E48ds_v4 3

  • E80ids_v4 3

  • E4s_v3

  • E4ds_v4 3

  • DS4_v2

  • DS13_v2

  • E8s_v3

  • E8ds_v4 3

  • DS5_v2

  • DS14_v2

  • DS15_v2

  • E32s_v3 3

  • E48s_v3 3

  • E64is_v3 3

  • E32ds_v4 3

  • E48ds_v4 3

  • E80ids_v4 3

  • DS4_v2

  • DS5_v2

  • DS13_v2

  • DS14_v2

  • DS15_v2

  • L8s_v2 2

  • E4s_v3

  • E8s_v3

  • E32s_v3 3

  • E48s_v3 3

  • E64is_v3 3

  • E4ds_v4 3

  • E8ds_v4 3

  • E32ds_v4 3

  • E48ds_v4 3

  • E80ids_v4 3

  • DS4_v2

  • DS5_v2

  • DS13_v2

  • DS14_v2

  • DS15_v2

  • L8s_v2 2

  • E4s_v3

  • E8s_v3

  • E32s_v3 3

  • E48s_v3 3

  • E64is_v3 3

  • E4ds_v4 3

  • E8ds_v4 3

  • E32ds_v4 3

  • E48ds_v4 3

  • E80ids_v4 3

Supported disk types 4

Standard HDD Managed Disks, Standard SSD Managed Disks, and Premium SSD Managed Disks

Notes:

  1. Data tiering to Azure Blob storage isn't supported with PAYGO Explore.

  2. This VM type includes local NVMe storage, which Cloud Volumes ONTAP uses as Flash Cache. Flash Cache speeds access to data through real-time intelligent caching of recently read user data and NetApp metadata. It is effective for random read-intensive workloads, including databases, email, and file services. Compression must be disabled on all volumes to take advantage of the Flash Cache performance improvements. Learn more.

  3. These VM types use an Ultra SSD for VNVRAM, which provides better write performance.

    If you choose any of these VM types when you deploy a new Cloud Volumes ONTAP system, you can't change to another VM type that doesn't use an Ultra SSD for VNVRAM. For example, you can't change from E8ds_v4 to E8s_v3, but you can change from E8ds_v4 to E32ds_v4 because both of those VM types use Ultra SSDs.

    Conversely, if you deployed Cloud Volumes ONTAP using any other VM type, you won't be able to change to a VM type that uses an Ultra SSD for VNVRAM. For example, you can't change from E8s_v3 to E8ds_v4.

  4. High write speed is supported with all instance types when using a single node system. You can enable high write speed from BlueXP during deployment or any time after. Learn more about choosing a write speed.

  5. Enhanced write performance is enabled when using SSDs.

  6. For Azure region support, see Cloud Volumes Global Regions.

  7. Cloud Volumes ONTAP can run on either a Reserved or On-demand VM instance from your cloud provider. Solutions that use other VM instance types aren't supported.

HA pairs

You can choose from the following configurations when deploying Cloud Volumes ONTAP as an HA pair in Azure.

Freemium PAYGO Standard PAYGO Premium Node-based license Capacity-based license

Maximum system capacity
(disks + object storage)

500 GiB

10 TiB

368 TiB

368 TiB per license

2 PiB

Supported virtual machine types

  • DS4_v2

  • DS5_v2 1

  • DS13_v2

  • DS14_v2 1

  • DS15_v2 1

  • E8s_v3

  • E48s_v3 1

  • E8ds_v4

  • E32ds_v4 1

  • E48ds_v4 1

  • E80ids_v4 1,2

  • DS4_v2

  • DS13_v2

  • E8ds_v4

  • DS5_v2 1

  • DS14_v2 1

  • DS15_v2 1

  • E8s_v3

  • E48s_v3 1

  • E32ds_v4 1

  • E48ds_v4 1

  • E80ids_v4 1,2

  • DS4_v2

  • DS5_v2 1

  • DS13_v2

  • DS14_v2 1

  • DS15_v2 1

  • E8s_v3

  • E48s_v3 1

  • E8ds_v4

  • E32ds_v4 1

  • E48ds_v4 1

  • E80ids_v4 1,2

  • DS4_v2

  • DS5_v2 1

  • DS13_v2

  • DS14_v2 1

  • DS15_v2 1

  • E8s_v3

  • E48s_v3 1

  • E8ds_v4

  • E32ds_v4 1

  • E48ds_v4 1

  • E80ids_v4 1,2

Supported disk types

Premium page blobs

Notes:

  1. Cloud Volumes ONTAP supports high write speed with these VM types when using an HA pair. You can enable high write speed from BlueXP during deployment or any time after. Learn more about choosing a write speed.

  2. This VM is recommended only when Azure maintenance control is needed. It's not recommended for any other use case due to the higher pricing.

  3. PAYGO Explore isn't supported with HA pairs in Azure.

  4. For Azure region support, see Cloud Volumes Global Regions.

  5. Cloud Volumes ONTAP can run on either a Reserved or On-demand VM instance from your cloud provider. Solutions that use other VM instance types aren't supported.

Supported disk sizes

In Azure, an aggregate can contain up to 12 disks that are all the same type and size.

Single node systems

Single node systems use Azure Managed Disks. The following disk sizes are supported:

Premium SSD Standard SSD Standard HDD

  • 500 GiB

  • 1 TiB

  • 2 TiB

  • 4 TiB

  • 8 TiB

  • 16 TiB

  • 32 TiB

  • 100 GiB

  • 500 GiB

  • 1 TiB

  • 2 TiB

  • 4 TiB

  • 8 TiB

  • 16 TiB

  • 32 TiB

  • 100 GiB

  • 500 GiB

  • 1 TiB

  • 2 TiB

  • 4 TiB

  • 8 TiB

  • 16 TiB

  • 32 TiB

HA pairs

HA pairs use Premium page blobs. The following disk sizes are supported:

  • 500 GiB

  • 1 TiB

  • 2 TiB

  • 4 TiB

  • 8 TiB