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NetApp AFF C-Series
: The ‘C’ stands for cool
Take the latest capacity flash technology, add some best-in-class smarts, and you get an affordable flash solution that redefines security, scalability, and sustainability.The product images shown may represent the range of products or be for illustration purposes only. They may not be an exact representation of the product.
Why capacity flash with the AFF C-Series?
Modernize to an all-flash data center connected to the cloud
If you haven’t noticed, QLC is all grown up and capable of achieving some impressive ROI numbers. Like reducing power and cooling costs up to 85% with only a fraction of the footprint of hybrid storage. And with flash performance gains to match, you can now afford to move a lot more workloads to flash with ease. It gets even better–you can connect to the cloud in just a few clicks with the unified control plane of NetApp BlueXP.
Key benefits of the AFF C-Series
AFF C-Series arrays are sustainable, scalable, and secure solutions suited for tier 1 and tier 2 applications. With capacity flash performance and easy affordability, now you can have it all with zero compromise.
The C-Series is ideal for:
- Transitioning from hybrid/HDD to all-flash storage
- Running non-latency sensitive VMware database applications and file environments
- A secondary storage target for disaster recovery, backup, and tiering
Reduce TCO and energy costs while simplifying operations
Save up to 95% of rack space and 85% of power and cooling costs over hybrid storage with high-density capacity flash. Realize even greater savings with our 4:1 guaranteed storage efficiency for SAN workloads and easy tiering of cold data to the cloud.
Scale capacity and performance as your data grows
Expand capacity and eliminate storage silos with non-disruptive scale-out in a cluster. Deploy and move workloads with the ultimate flexibility of unified support across different protocols (SAN, NAS and object) and storage media (performance flash, capacity flash and disk), and across hybrid cloud, on premises, or in the cloud.
Keep important data secure and available
Safeguard against threats like ransomware and get built-in, application-consistent data protection. Achieve superior business continuity with best-in-class security and availability that minimizes loss should disaster strike.
ONTAP data management software: the power behind AFF C-Series
Secure your data. Simplify your hybrid cloud. Reduce costs. That’s the power of NetApp® ONTAP® software. We offer the most comprehensive software suite on the market with your storage system purchase. ONTAP is designed to give AFF C-Series arrays every advantage possible in the data center and when connected to the cloud. You just won the data management lottery.
All-flash storage paired with a best-in-class ownership experience
With NetApp® Advance, you get predictability and adaptability to meet your future needs. Enjoy guaranteed efficiency; free, non-disruptive controller upgrades; and options to shift infrastructure investments to the cloud if and when it’s right for your business.
New Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage, still a leader
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Gartner 2022 Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage, October 17, 2022, Jeff Vogel, Joseph Unsworth, Chandra Mukhyala
Gartner 2022 Critical Capabilities for Primary Storage, October 17, 2022, Jeff Vogel, Joseph Unsworth, Chandra Mukhyala
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Cloud tiering made simple, smart, and wonderfully frugal
This hands-on lab will show you how easy it is to tier your cold data from a NetApp all-flash system to an on-premises private cloud and keep dollars from unnecessarily flying out the window.
Risk-averse? Fear not, we removed it from the equation
We believe you should always get predictable, blazing-fast speed from every application even at peak demand. We also believe you should always experience the most effective capacity. That’s why we guarantee both with our NetApp® Keystone® consumption model.
GigaOm declares NetApp storage a leader
With three leader rankings in storage, our trophy case just got a lot more crowded.
AFF C-Series Technical Specifications
The AFF C-Series all-flash systems are ideal for tier 1 and tier 2 workloads while also delivering better performance than disks. Find out which model is the best fit for your requirements.
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| Best for | More demanding workloads requiring moderately high performance and high capacity | Most enterprise applications that require best balance of performance and capacity | Mid-size business and enterprises that require simplicity and best value |
| Maximum scale-out | 24 nodes | 24 nodes | 24 nodes |
| Raw capacity | 182TB-2.2PB | 122TB-1.46PB | 122-734TB |
| Max Effective CapacityEffective capacity based on 5:1 storage efficiency ratios with the maximum number of SSDs installed; space savings will vary dependent on workload and use cases. | 176PB | 71PB | 35PB |
| Controller Chassis Form Factor | 4U; 48 internal SSD slots | 4U | 2U; 24 internal SSD slots |
| Power Consumption (Median) | 1463W | 1240W (with NS224) | 491W |
NetApp’s capacity flash storage is perfect for our business-critical applications in managing the significant amounts of data our animated films require, and we're excited about the TCO benefits of high density and efficient storage footprint that the extended C-Series portfolio has to offer.
Skottie Miller, Technology Fellow for Systems Architecture, DreamWorks Animation
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