Supported configurations for Cloud Volumes ONTAP 9.6 in Azure
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Cloud Volumes ONTAP is available in Azure in two pricing options: pay-as-you-go and Bring Your Own License (BYOL). For pay-as-you-go, you can choose from three configurations: Explore, Standard, or Premium.
Supported configurations by license
Cloud Volumes ONTAP is available in Azure as a single-node system and as an HA pair.
Single node systems
You can choose from the following configurations when deploying Cloud Volumes ONTAP as a single-node system in Azure:
| Explore | Standard | Premium | BYOL | |
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Supported virtual machine types |
DS3_v2 |
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Supported disk types 1 |
Standard HDD Managed Disks, Standard SSD Managed Disks, and Premium SSD Managed Disks |
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Cold data tiering to Blob storage 2 |
Not supported |
Supported |
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Maximum system capacity |
2 TB |
10 TB |
368 TB |
368 TB per license |
Notes:
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Enhanced write performance is enabled when using SSDs, but not when using the DS3_v2 virtual machine type.
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Data tiering is not supported with the DS3_v2 virtual machine type.
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For Azure region support, see Cloud Volumes Global Regions.
HA pairs
You can choose from the following configurations when deploying Cloud Volumes ONTAP as an HA pair in Azure:
| Explore | Standard | Premium | BYOL | |
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Supported virtual machine types |
Not supported |
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Supported disk types |
Not supported |
Premium page blobs |
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Cold data tiering to Blob storage 2 |
Not supported |
Supported |
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Maximum system capacity |
Not supported |
10 TB |
368 TB |
368 TB per license |
Notes:
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For Azure region support, see Cloud Volumes Global Regions.
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 |
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HA pairs
HA pairs use Premium page blobs. The following disk sizes are supported:
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500 GB
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1 TB
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2 TB
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4 TB
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8 TB
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