Which NetApp offering is used to back up and archive cloud data in AWS for long-term retention?

• A. Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• B. StorageGRID
• C. Cloud Sync
• D. BlueXP backup and recovery

Answer: (D)

Backing up and keeping cloud data long-term in AWS requires a solution that can orchestrate backups to the cloud and enforce retention policies across environments. NetApp BlueXP backup and recovery is the offering designed for this purpose. It provides centralized, cloud-enabled backup and recovery workflows that can store backups in AWS and apply retention policies for long-term archiving. It covers backups from both on-prem and cloud workloads and focuses on protecting data with a recoverable retention window in the cloud.

Cloud Volumes ONTAP handles running NetApp data in the cloud and protecting it within ONTAP itself, rather than providing a standalone backup/long-term archival service to AWS. Cloud Sync moves or mirrors data between environments, but it's not primarily a long-term backup/archive solution. StorageGRID is an object storage platform for archiving data, including in cloud contexts, but it functions as storage rather than the backup orchestration and retention solution used to back up cloud data to AWS with long-term retention.