Better performance and lower costs.
NetApp FAS Series offers robust Snapshot functionality with seamless SnapMirror-ing between datacenters, enhancing cloud storage strategies via cloud volume ONTAP. It provides reliable, fast backups, high availability, and a centralized data point for Windows and Unix. However, improvements in SAN support, scalability, and cloud integration are needed. The high cost, limited flexibility, and regional support issues also pose challenges, as does the lack of automatic tiering and enhanced replication.

