Which migration method enables moving Windows-based servers' data to NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP via synchronization?

• A. Cloud Sync
• B. StorageGRID
• C. Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• D. Cloud Volumes Service

Answer: (A)

Synchronizing data from Windows servers to Cloud Volumes ONTAP is done through a data synchronization service that acts as a bridge between your on-premises (or other cloud) data and Cloud Volumes ONTAP. This service is designed to migrate large datasets by incrementally syncing changes, which minimizes downtime and keeps the target in Cloud Volumes ONTAP up to date during the transition. It typically involves a Windows agent on the servers to access the SMB shares and a cloud-side connector to push data into the Cloud Volumes ONTAP volume, supporting one-way or two-way synchronization as needed.

The other options describe different NetApp offerings that don’t provide this specific Windows-to-Cloud Volumes ONTAP synchronization capability for migration. StorageGRID is object storage, Cloud Volumes ONTAP is the data management platform on the target side, and Cloud Volumes Service is a separate cloud file service.