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Supported configurations in Google Cloud

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Several Cloud Volumes ONTAP configurations are supported in Google Cloud.

Supported configurations by license

Cloud Volumes ONTAP is available in Google Cloud 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 isn't 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.

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.

Capacity-based licenses
Freemium Optimized Capacity-based license (Essentials, Professional, and Edge Cache)

Maximum system capacity
(disks + object storage)

500 GiB

2 PiB

2 PiB

Supported machine types 3

  • n1-standard-8

  • n1-standard-32

  • n2-standard-4

  • n2-standard-8

  • n2-standard-16

  • n2-standard-32

  • n2-standard-48

  • n2-standard-64

  • n2-standard-4

  • n2-standard-8

  • n1-standard-8

  • n1-standard-32

  • n2-standard-4

  • n2-standard-8

  • n2-standard-16

  • n2-standard-32

  • n2-standard-48

  • n2-standard-64

Supported disk types

Balanced persistent disks 4, Performance (SSD) persistent disks 4, and Standard (HDD) persistent disks.

Notes:

  1. Disk limits can prevent you from reaching the maximum system capacity limit by using disks alone. You can reach the capacity limit by tiering inactive data to object storage.

    Learn more about disk limits in Google Cloud.

  2. Data tiering to Google Cloud Storage isn't supported with PAYGO Explore.

  3. The custom-4-16384 machine type is no longer supported with new Cloud Volumes ONTAP systems.

    If you have an existing system running on this machine type, you can keep using it, but we recommend switching to the n2-standard-4 machine type.

  4. Enhanced write performance is enabled when using Balanced persistent disks and Performance (SSD) persistent disks.

  5. The BlueXP interface shows an additional supported machine type for Standard and BYOL: n1-highmem-4. However, this machine type isn't meant for production environments. We've made it available for a specific lab environment only.

  6. Starting with Cloud Volumes ONTAP software version 9.13.0, Flash Cache, high write speed, and a higher maximum transmission unit (MTU) of 8,896 bytes, are available for the following HA pair deployment instances:

    • n2-standard-16

    • n2-standard-32

    • n2-standard-48

    • n2-standard-64

      You can enable Flash Cache, and high write speed when deploying an eligible instance type. To enable the higher maximum transmission unit of 8,896 bytes, you must chose VPC-1, VPC-2, or VPC-3 for the deployment. The higher MTU enables higher network throughput. For more information on launching one of these deployments, see Launching an HA pair in Google Cloud.

      Note Flash cache, high write mode, and an MTU of 8,896 are feature-dependent and cannot be disabled individually within a configured instance.
Node-based licenses
PAYGO Explore PAYGO Standard PAYGO Premium Node-based BYOL

Maximum system capacity
(disks + object storage)

2 TB 2

10 TiB

368 TiB

368 TiB per license

Supported machine types 3

  • n2-standard-4

  • n1-standard-8

  • n2-standard-8

  • n1-standard-32

  • n2-standard-16

  • n2-standard-32

  • n2-standard-48

  • n2-standard-64

  • n1-standard-8

  • n1-standard-32

  • n2-standard-4

  • n2-standard-8

  • n2-standard-16

  • n2-standard-32

  • n2-standard-48

  • n2-standard-64

Supported disk types

Balanced persistent disks 4, Performance (SSD) persistent disks 4, and Standard (HDD) persistent disks.

Notes:

  1. Disk limits can prevent you from reaching the maximum system capacity limit by using disks alone. You can reach the capacity limit by tiering inactive data to object storage.

    Learn more about disk limits in Google Cloud.

  2. Data tiering to Google Cloud Storage isn't supported with PAYGO Explore.

  3. The custom-4-16384 machine type is no longer supported with new Cloud Volumes ONTAP systems.

    If you have an existing system running on this machine type, you can keep using it, but we recommend switching to the n2-standard-4 machine type.

  4. Enhanced write performance is enabled when using Balanced persistent disks and Performance (SSD) persistent disks.

  5. The BlueXP interface shows an additional supported machine type for Standard and BYOL: n1-highmem-4. However, this machine type isn't meant for production environments. We've made it available for a specific lab environment only.

  6. Starting with Cloud Volumes ONTAP software version 9.13.0, Flash Cache, high write speed, and a higher maximum transmission unit (MTU) of 8,896 bytes, are available for the following HA pair deployment instances:

    • n2-standard-16

    • n2-standard-32

    • n2-standard-48

    • n2-standard-64

      You can enable Flash Cache, and high write speed when deploying an eligible instance type. To enable the higher maximum transmission unit of 8,896 bytes, you must chose VPC-1, VPC-2, or VPC-3 for the deployment. The higher MTU enables higher network throughput. For more information on launching one of these deployments, see Launching an HA pair in Google Cloud.

      Note Flash cache, high write mode, and an MTU of 8,896 are feature-dependent and cannot be disabled individually within a configured instance.

Supported disk sizes

In Google Cloud, an aggregate can contain up to 6 disks that are all the same type and size. The following disk sizes are supported:

  • 100 GB

  • 500 GB

  • 1 TB

  • 2 TB

  • 4 TB

  • 8 TB

  • 16 TB

  • 64 TB

Supported regions

For Google Cloud region support, see Cloud Volumes Global Regions.