Streamline petabyte-scale data migrations with Cloud Write mode on Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
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This article discusses how to streamline large-scale data migrations to Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP using the Cloud Write feature. It provides an overview of FSx for ONTAP storage tiers and tiering policies, and explains the challenges of migrating large datasets into FSx for ONTAP.
Specifically, the article covers:
- What is Cloud Write and its key benefits for data migrations
- Prerequisites for using Cloud Write
- Step-by-step instructions to enable and disable Cloud Write on volumes
- How Cloud Write allows writing data directly to the capacity pool storage tier, bypassing the SSD tier during migrations
- Cost optimization by avoiding SSD tier over-provisioning during migrations
- Disabling Cloud Write after migration to allow automatic tiering between SSD and capacity pool tiers
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