{"id":91428,"date":"2023-05-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudnewshub.com\/?p=91428"},"modified":"2023-05-16T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T09:00:00","slug":"netapp-to-promise-ransomware-warranty-payout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudnewshub.com\/?p=91428","title":{"rendered":"NetApp to promise ransomware warranty payout"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NetApp has made a series of nudges in several product areas that include new entry level ASA (All-SAN Array) block storage hardware<\/a> \u2013 the ASA A150 and A250 \u2013 enhancements to its Advance subscription model<\/a> that include a ransomware data guarantee and data availability guarantees around six nines, or just over 30 seconds, a year maximum downtime.<\/p>\n

Also, Ontap One, which allows customers unlimited access to all OS and software features, is now available across all NetApp hardware<\/p>\n

NetApp\u2019s All-SAN Array is the company\u2019s block storage<\/a> offering in hardware form for on-premise deployments with the ability to add cloud capacity. ASA is basically NetApp\u2019s AFF all-flash array family with NAS functionality<\/a> turned off.<\/p>\n

\u201cASA removes NAS functions and makes it SAN-only,\u201d said NetApp field chief technology officer Grant Caley. \u201cYou can\u2019t do that in the unified box and it comes at a better price point.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two new products \u2013 the ASA A150 and ASA A250 \u2013 come in at the lower end of the range, with capacity up to 0.5PB and 1.1PB respectively raw and about 4x that with data reduction. The arrays can be clustered to provide capacities of up to 13PB and 26PB.<\/p>\n

As part of Advance, NetApp now guarantees it will recover data affected by ransomware<\/a>, though at the time of writing it did not specify precisely the level of potential compensation.<\/p>\n

NetApp claims to be the first storage supplier to offer payouts in case of ransomware attacks on primary storage, although Veeam<\/a> and Rubrik have made similar offers in the backup space.<\/p>\n

Advance forms parts of NetApp\u2019s consumption models of purchasing. It is own-outright but with upgrades by subscription, and so occupies one end of a continuum with Keystone storage as a service at the other.<\/p>\n

The company said that as long as all NetApp systems are deployed correctly, it will recover customer data affected by ransomware or pay out a penalty fee.<\/p>\n

Of course, NetApp is confident it won\u2019t come to this, and points to its ransomware detection and recovery functionality. This comes in the form of machine learning-based anomaly detection that spots unusual patterns involving data encryption as well as anomalous user activity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can detect ransomware write patterns,\u201d said Caley. \u201cIf it sees encryption, it will trigger a snapshot. Or if a file type is of a known ransomware type.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such snapshots will run in addition to any customer-scheduled snapshots and, he said, that means customers can \u201croll back within a minute or two\u201d to a good copy of data.<\/p>\n

Given the recovery snapshot is not triggered until some anomalous patterns of activity are detected, will that be sufficient? After all, that means some data will already be corrupted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not too late,\u201d said Caley. \u201cJust one or two files might be compromised by the time the snapshot is triggered.\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/i>Wide availability<\/h3>\n

The ransomware detection capability is available across NetApp FlexGroups running to 20PB of capacity.<\/p>\n

Also added to Advance is a high-availability guarantee for data held on NetApp storage that amounts to six nines availability, or a maximum of 31.56 seconds of downtime per year.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ontap One \u2013 which is where NetApp customers get unlimited access to all OS and software features \u2013 is now available across all hardware families. It was previously only available with the relatively recently released C-series QLC arrays, but now comes with ASA, AFF and FAS systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means you get everything on the box,\u201d said Caley. \u201cYou\u2019re not paying for everything. You don\u2019t pay to configure the product, you get all the features.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some highlights among the numerous other announcements were:<\/p>\n

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  • NetApp\u2019s StorageGrid object storage is now available in a hardware appliance, the SGF6112, with NVMe flash inside and aimed at primary storage object workloads.<\/li>\n
  • The BlueXP single-pane management console now has a ransomware dashboard and the ability to apply 3-2-1 backup protection across any NetApp storage with a mouse click.<\/li>\n
  • A sustainability dashboard, coming out in June 2023, which provides admins with environmental metrics and suggestions to action to improve sustainability in the storage infrastructure.<\/li>\n
  • And finally, the ability to monitor the details of Kubernetes performance to spot inefficiencies across on-premise and cloud deployments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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