Today at re: Invent, NetApp unveiled NetApp Private Storage for AWS – an enterprise storage solution that utilizes AWS Direct Connect to provide customers the ability to establish a dedicated network connection from their existing infrastructure to AWS. This collaboration allows enterprises to move traditional enterprise applications to the cloud, leverage big data analytics at a lower cost, and simultaneously gain cost-effective data protection.

1. NetApp Private Storage for Amazon Web Services (AWS)
The Best of Both Worlds
NetApp® Private Storage for AWS is a joint solution from Amazon Web
Services (AWS) and NetApp consisting of a dedicated NetApp enterprise
storage and data management environment that is:
• Deployed in an AWS Direct Connect data center
• Coupled with AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and/or AWS Simple
Storage Service (S3)
NetApp Private Storage for AWS enables organizations to use the on-demand
scalability of AWS as a critical extension to their on-premise IT infrastructure.
Amazon Web Services
EC2 S3
AWS Direct Connect for tier
3 data in the Cloud using a
variety of replication tools
AWS Direct Connect
Customer's on-premise NetApp storage in
virtualized infrastructure AWS Direct Connect
with NetApp storage data center e.g. Equinix
NetApp® SnapMirror
over a network connection,
such as XO Communications
NetApp Private Storage for AWS is available through a select group of resellers in North America and will be
available in Europe and Asia in the near future. For more information, visit the NetApp Solution Connection:
http://solutionconnection.netapp.com/netapp-private-storage-for-amazon-web-services.aspx.
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