What's new with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
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01 December 2024
Block storage for scale-out FSx for ONTAP file systems
You can now provision block storage over FSx for ONTAP when using a scale-out file system deployment with up to 6 HA pairs.
Mount command available
Mount commands are now available for NFS and CIFS access to a volume. You can get the mount point for a volume within an FSx for ONTAP file system by selecting Basic actions then View mount command.
Update storage efficiency after volume creation
You can now enable or disable storage efficiency for FlexVol volumes after volume creation. Storage efficiency includes deduplication, data compression, and data compaction. Enabling storage efficiency helps you achieve optimal space savings on a FlexVol volume.
On-premises ONTAP cluster discovery and replication
Discover and replicate on-premises ONTAP cluster data to an FSx for ONTAP file system so that it can be used to enrich AI knowledge bases. All on-premises discovery and replication workflows are possible from the new On-Premises ONTAP tab in the Storage inventory.
AWS credentials improve savings calculator analysis
You now have the option to add AWS credentials from the savings calculator. Adding credentials improves the accuracy of the savings calculator analysis of your Amazon Elastic Block Store, Elastic File Systems, and FSx for Windows File Server storage environments when compared with FSx for ONTAP.
3 November 2024
Tab views in storage inventory
Storage inventory has been updated to a two-tab view:
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FSx for ONTAP tab: displays the FSx for ONTAP file systems you currently have.
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Explore savings tab: displays Elastic Block Store, FSx for Windows File Server, and Elastic File Systems storage systems. From there, you can explore savings for these systems by comparing them with FSx for ONTAP.
29 September 2024
Link creation updates
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Codebox viewer: Codebox is now integrated in the link creation process. You can view and copy the CloudFormation template from Codebox in workload factory before redirecting to AWS to execute the operation.
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Required permissions: The permissions required to execute the link creation in AWS CloudFormation are now available to view and copy from the Create Link wizard in workload factory.
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Support for manual link creation: This feature allows standalone creation in AWS CloudFormation with manual registration of the link ARN. It's useful when a Security or DevOps team assists in the link creation process.
1 September 2024
Read mode support for storage management
Read mode is available for storage management in workload factory. Read mode enhances the experience of basic mode by adding read-only permissions so that the Infrastructure-as-Code templates are filled with your specific variables. The Infrastructure-as-Code templates can be executed directly from your AWS account without providing any modify permissions to workload factory.
Backup before volume deletion support
You can now back up a volume before deleting it. The backup will remain in the file system until deleted.
4 August 2024
Terraform support
You can now use Terraform from the Codebox to deploy file systems and storage VMs.
Throughput and IOPS recommendations in the storage calculator
The storage calculator makes FSx for ONTAP file system configuration recommendations for throughput and IOPS based on AWS best practices, which provides you with optimal guidance for your selections.
7 July 2024
Initial release of workload factory for Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is now generally available in BlueXP workload factory.