Rapid Cloud Volumes ONTAP Setup in Azure Expedites Customer Onboarding

What if setting up a new cloud volume could take less than 10 minutes?   

It’s now possible with the new NetApp® Cloud Volumes ONTAP® Freemium deployment through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.   

This deployment method makes the Freemium version more accessible, and onboarding is faster. Setting up a new cloud volume typically involves an extensive list of required permissions to deploy a connector and to qualify NetApp BlueXP™ platform components, which can lead to a lengthy onboarding process. The new direct deployment streamlines the setup of a Cloud Volumes ONTAP instance to less time than it takes to decide what you’re making for dinner.  

The new deployment method for Cloud Volumes ONTAP Freemium through the Azure Marketplace saves time, reduces complexity, and offers a try-and-buy experience that can be especially helpful to early-stage hybrid cloud organizations:  

• Fast deployment. This deployment is preconfigured with feature licenses. To start using Cloud Volumes ONTAP, all you need to do is create a new volume. The result? Deployment in under 10 minutes. 

• Reduced complexity. The new deployment method eliminates the requirement to create a connector, which reduces the time that it takes you to set up a Cloud Volumes ONTAP Freemium instance in Azure.  

• Try-and-buy experience. With this deployment method, you can set up a trial storage instance in Azure much more quickly than with other vendors’ technology. 

Simply follow these steps to deploy a Cloud Volumes ONTAP Freemium instance with Azure in less than 10 minutes: 

1. Go to the Azure Marketplace. 
2. Visit the NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP direct Azure application. 
3. Select a plan to create. 
4. Complete each of the steps, including Basics, Network, Advanced, and Tags (optional). 
5. Click Review + Create to deploy Cloud Volumes ONTAP. 

That’s it! The Cloud Volumes ONTAP Azure deployment wizard makes it that easy.

This new Cloud Volumes ONTAP deployment method makes the Freemium version more accessible.  

And because the deployment in Azure makes it so much easier to set up the Freemium version, you can start reaping the benefits of Cloud Volumes ONTAP for Azure faster than ever. Some of the many benefits include:  

• Onboarding with ease. The new deployment method reduces the amount of time that you need to set up and to onboard Cloud Volumes ONTAP. With Freemium, you can test and validate Cloud Volumes ONTAP in less time. And after you experience the ease and benefits of the Freemium version, you will be confident that adopting the full version of Cloud Volumes ONTAP is critical for your larger-scale deployments and production workloads. 

• Secondary workloads. You can use Cloud Volumes ONTAP to establish secondary workloads, which are usually noncritical workloads that don’t require the same level of availability that primary workloads do. Secondary workloads are often used with development and testing environments, which are critical for helping your developers create new features. 

• Backup and disaster recovery. The backup and disaster recovery capabilities in Cloud Volumes ONTAP make data recoverable when disasters strike, ranging from cyberattacks to natural disasters. Both backup and disaster recovery use the NetApp SnapMirror® feature to copy data from one environment to another, and they use NetApp Snapshot™ technology to provide point-in-time copies of data.  

Save time and reduce complexity with the new deployment method that’s available for Cloud Volumes ONTAP Freemium in Azure. Start your free trial now and set up a new Cloud Volumes ONTAP instance in less than 10 minutes.