Which NetApp technology would you use to move inactive data from on-premises ONTAP clusters to Amazon S3?

• A. FlexCache
• B. SVM data mobility
• C. BlueXP edge caching
• D. BlueXP tiering

Answer: (D)

BlueXP tiering is the NetApp capability that moves inactive data from on-prem ONTAP to cloud object storage like Amazon S3. It uses Cloud Tiering (FabricPool) to automatically relocate cold data to the cloud while keeping a lightweight pointer on the ONTAP side. You set a tiering policy (for example, move data not accessed in 90 days), and the system migrates that data to S3 to free up on-prem storage. When that data is needed again, it’s transparently retrieved from S3. The other options don’t perform this cloud-based, policy-driven movement: FlexCache caches data at remote locations; SVM data mobility shifts volumes between SVMs or clusters; and BlueXP edge caching focuses on caching at edge sites, not moving data to Amazon S3.