Which cloud-native solution provides metered file storage for NAS volumes in NetApp offerings?

• A. NetApp AFF systems
• B. NetApp ONTAP Select software
• C. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• D. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Answer: (C)

Metered NAS storage in the cloud comes from NetApp’s cloud-native offering that runs ONTAP as a cloud service. Cloud Volumes ONTAP is designed to deliver file storage for NAS workloads (NFS and SMB) with pay-as-you-go, metered billing, and elastic scale across cloud environments. It brings NetApp’s ONTAP data management capabilities to the cloud, so you can provision NAS volumes, apply snapshots and data protection, and only pay for the storage you actually use.

The other options are not the same cloud-native, metered NAS service. AFF systems are on-premises all-flash arrays. ONTAP Select is software that you deploy on your own hardware or virtualized environment. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is a cloud service hosted on AWS, which is cloud-provider–specific rather than NetApp’s own multi-cloud cloud-native offering. Cloud Volumes ONTAP specifically fits the description of a cloud-native NetApp solution providing metered NAS storage for NAS volumes.