Tag: HAQM FSx for NetApp ONTAP

In a layered security strategy like a defense-in-depth, when prevention fails, mitigation becomes critical. Most AWS storage services use immutable storage and recovery from backup to mitigate the impact of ransomware. Autonomous Ransomware Protection (ARP) is a new security feature of HAQM FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSx for ONTAP), a fully managed service that provides […]

Oracle databases typically see significant data growth which in turn increases backup, restore and database refresh times. The need to quickly backup, restore, and refresh large-scale databases is important for ensuring data consistency, business continuity, and accelerating testing and development processes. As more businesses migrate their Oracle databases to HAQM Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances, […]

In today’s digital era, enterprises face significant challenges in data center modernization during their digital transformation journey. Traditional on-premises solutions struggle with high costs, complex management, and data growth. Organizations with intricate file-sharing systems and user permissions face difficulties in preserving user experiences and security. The tight integration of enterprise IDCs with complex Microsoft Active […]

Over the last 20+ years, commercially available compute virtualization solutions such as VMware have become powerful tools used to lower costs, improve efficiency, ease management tasks, and improve on-premises flexibility. Over time, most cloud providers have added advanced storage, efficiency, and management capabilities to their hypervisors that match or exceed those available to traditional on-premises […]

Effective October 28, 2024, new customers will no longer be able to create a new HAQM FSx File Gateway (FSx File Gateway). If you would like to use the service, please create an FSx File Gateway prior to October 28, 2024. To begin using FSx File Gateway, customers can navigate to the Storage Gateway console in AWS […]

International Data Corporation (IDC)1 predicts that global data creation and consumption will surge to 175 zettabytes (ZB) by 2025. As a result, organizations are looking for swift, dependable, and scalable cloud migration solutions to lift-and-shift their growing on-premises datasets into the cloud. Whether prompted by an imminent lease renewal, termination of a data center, or […]

Users who support multi-tenant environments need shared storage platforms that can securely isolate data between clients. For example, imagine a pharmaceutical company with several divisions, each working on different product lines. Storage administrators need to prevent one division from viewing or accessing the files and data from the projects of the others. They use export […]

Imagine running a large business with critical data stored on your servers. One day, your systems get hit by ransomware, leaving your data encrypted and inaccessible. The bad actor demands a hefty ransom to provide the decryption key. Paying the ransom doesn’t guarantee that you can get your data back, and not paying might mean […]

Organizations want to securely store and access their data, while adhering to security best practices by deploying and enforcing various policies. This includes using antivirus programs to scan and disinfect data at rest and on-access to help align with various compliance standards. Since the release of HAQM FSx for NetApp ONTAP, many customers are migrating […]

Data security is a top priority for customers using AWS cloud services. Based on customer input, AWS has “designed-in” methods enabling customers to automate common security workflows such as password rotation. The principals of this automation follows the AWS Well-Architected Framework which helps cloud architects build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructure for a variety […]