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Summary: AWS and NetApp announced zero-copy access to AWS services on Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP with Amazon S3 Access Points, enabling direct S3 integration from ONTAP environments without data movement. The feature si
Community post (NetApp engineer Robert) addressing the common perception that Azure NetApp Files (ANF) is expensive versus other Azure storage options. The argument: **list price ≠ effective price**, and once you factor
Community post (NetApp engineer Rishikesh) following up on NetApp Harvest's role as a single collection layer across on-prem ONTAP and Google Cloud NetApp Volumes. New in this post: real-time (sub-5-minute) performance a
Official ONTAP docs index page for NFS over RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access). Covers the protocol overview, why RDMA lowers latency for AI/HPC workloads, supported hardware (RoCE-capable NICs), supported ONTAP versions
How to deploy and operate ONTAP FlexGroup volumes (a single namespace spread across many constituent member volumes for high-throughput NAS workloads like EDA, media, HPC). Covers member layout, constituent sizing, rebal
A NetApp Blog piece on accelerating data movement with NVIDIA GPUDirect Storage: storage-to-GPU data paths that bypass the CPU for AI training and HPC workloads. It underpins NetApp's AI performance story around AFX/ONTA
Nutanix closed fiscal 2026 (ended July 31, 2026) with Q4 revenue of $757.1M, up 7.7% sequentially and 16% YoY, approaching ~$3B in annual revenue, with FY26 ARR up 16% and CFO Rukmini Sivaraman highlighting "good balance
NetApp updated its VMware vSphere with ONTAP best practices to recommend the latency optimization policy (`latency_optimized_workload`) for VMware datastores on the new ASA series controllers, with companion PowerShell a
HPCwire coverage of NetApp's adoption of Lustre for HPC/AI workloads: high-throughput parallel filesystem complementing ONTAP and StorageGRID for the hot tier of GPU training data. Frames NetApp alongside the other major
HCLTech integrated NetApp Keystone STaaS (Storage-as-a-Service) with its U4X enterprise AI framework, delivering consumption-based storage for GPU clusters and generative AI inference workloads. The solution offers scala
HCLTech integrated NetApp Keystone STaaS (Storage-as-a-Service) with its U4X enterprise AI framework, delivering consumption-based storage for GPU clusters and generative AI inference workloads. The solution offers scala
Futurum Group analysis of NetApp's Q4 FY2026 earnings: AI deployments cited as the primary driver of high-performance storage demand, with EF-Series + AIPod + AI Data Engine highlighted as the differentiated growth areas
NetApp engineering blog on 'championship infrastructure for AI' - the combined NetApp AFX (a disaggregated all-flash platform) + AI Data Engine reference architecture for high-performance AI training and inference. Cover
StorageReview's roundup of the fastest storage arrays of 2026 focuses on AI storage leaders and audited benchmark results (SPC/MLPerf-style audited numbers), with NetApp's all-flash ONTAP platforms (AFF/AFX + AI Data Eng
NetApp blog on positioning Keystone STaaS (Storage-as-a-Service) as the consumption model for AI-ready storage: pay for ONTAP/EF-Series/StorageGRID capacity and performance on a subscription, with built-in AI Data Engine
Blocks & Files coverage of NetApp's StorageGRID federation feature: multiple performance-boosted StorageGRID deployments can now be federated into a single namespace, scaling to exabyte-level AI training corpora. Frames
AFX-specific 9.19.1 release notes. Covers S3 object storage enhancements, REST API additions, security, performance, data protection, and the cluster upgrade path for AFX systems. Use this page in tandem with the main ON
Blocks & Files examines how Aston Martin's Aramco Formula One Team uses NetApp storage alongside CoreWeave GPU cloud for aerodynamics and race-strategy simulation workloads — a flagship example of hybrid on-prem + cloud
AFX clusters let you grow compute capacity independently of storage capacity, and the expansion is non-disruptive — performance scales linearly as Automated Topology Management (ATM) rebalances volumes across the new nod
ONTAP 9.16.1 added more than two dozen REST calls, notably Microsoft Entra ID group and role mappings, WebAuthn administration, ARP package management, optional qtree performance metrics, and S3 bucket snapshots. NetApp
Blocks & Files coverage of StorageGRID 12.1 federation, performance, scale, and security updates, published in June 2026.
Blocks & Files details NetApp federating multiple performance-tuned StorageGRID systems into one global namespace for greater scale — letting organizations grow object storage capacity and throughput across sites while p
Futurum Group's Q4 FY2026 breakdown ties NetApp's high-performance all-flash growth to accelerating enterprise AI deployments: GPU-adjacent storage deals, AFX/AI Data Engine traction, and rising inference workloads cited