NetApp AFF A-Series

Accelerate your mission-critical workloads, including VMware, databases, and AI with high-performance, ultra-secure unified data storage for any data type and any app.

AI at Scale: NetApp AFF A90 Powers NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD

Fuel next-gen AI breakthroughs with the NetApp AFF A90 — now certified for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. Purpose-built for AI Centers of Excellence, this solution delivers the performance, scalability, and intelligent data management needed to accelerate your most demanding AI workloads.

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Power and protect all your workloads

M IOPs

Speed mission-critical apps [1]

TB/s throughput

Drive data-intensive workloads [1]

%+ accuracy

Real-time ransomware detection

Powerful Storage
Powerful storage

Go faster with unmatched performance and massive scale. NetApp AFF A-Series systems turbocharge mission-critical workloads of all sizes with up to 40M IOPs, up to 1TB/s throughput, always-on data reduction, and proven 99.9999% availability.

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Data-driven intelligence

Leverage the industry’s richest data services and future-proof infrastructure to build an AI-ready ecosystem that lowers the cost of entry to AI-driven insights. Seamlessly manage, protect, and mobilize data across hybrid cloud at the lowest cost.

Secure Storage
The most secure storage on the planet

Protect your valuable data with real-time, AI/ML-based ransomware detection, designed for 99%+ accuracy, guaranteed recovery, and integrated business continuity. All on the only hardened enterprise storage validated for top-secret data[2].

Uplevel your storage experience

Future-proof your storage
NetApp Storage Lifecycle Program

Experience seamless upgrades, hybrid cloud flexibility, and a future-proof environment that adapts to your changing needs.

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Optimize virtual environments

Discover how NetApp helps you lower virtualized infrastructure costs, deliver ultra-low-latency performance, and simplify management across on-prem and hybrid cloud. Get built-in ransomware protection and DR resilience for virtualization at scale.

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Leverage guaranteed ransomware recovery

Trust NetApp to protect your valuable data from ransomware attacks. Our advanced security measures keep your data safe and recoverable, giving you peace of mind.[3]

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NetApp’s unstoppable momentum

In the same year Gartner® named NetApp a Leader in the Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Storage Platforms, we were recognized as a Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice. Now, we’re ranked #1 in Hybrid Cloud Storage in the Critical Capabilities report.

Discover the Benefits of NetApp AFF A-Series

Don't just take our word for it; read what our customers are saying

Hear what our customers are saying

IT Associate in the Education Industry gives NetApp AFF A-Series 5/5 Rating in Gartner Peer Insights™ Primary Storage Platforms (Transitioning to Enterprise Storage Platforms) Market.

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Product performing above expectations

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IT Associate in the Transportation Industry gives NetApp AFF A-Series 5/5 Rating in Gartner Peer Insights™️ Primary Storage Platforms Market.

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NetApp is excellent and always supportive of our needs

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Storage Administrator in the Manufacturing Industry gives NetApp AFF A-Series 5/5 Rating in Gartner Peer Insights™ Primary Storage Platforms (Transitioning to Enterprise Storage Platforms) Market.

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the products are very stable

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Senior Analyst in the Manufacturing Industry gives NetApp AFF A-Series 5/5 Rating in Gartner Peer Insights™ Primary Storage Platforms (Transitioning to Enterprise Storage Platforms) Market.

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Working with NetApp AFF systems

Thor Motor Coach

Thor Motor Coach’s strategic imperative is to keep things simple — yet intentional. The company modernized with NetApp’s all-flash storage, consolidated servers on Cisco, and virtualized everything with VMware, which increased performance and reduced costs by 30% per year.

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DreamWorks Animation

“Given the exponential demand for CG animated content, we are excited for the unprecedented performance and flexibility of the new NetApp AFF A-Series, and how it will support our most active, business-critical production data.”

Skottie Miller, Technology Fellow for Systems Architecture, DreamWorks Animation

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SysAdminOK

The NetApp AFF A-Series provides the foundation for SysAdminOK’s 1PB storage infrastructure and VMware environment, composed of hundreds of hypervisors and thousands of virtual machines.

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Simplify your storage journey

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Storage as a service

NetApp's best-in-class storage for block, file, and object means you can flexibly scale without incurring new hardware or configuration costs—all with a single subscription.

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ONTAP Software

On-premises or across your hybrid or multicloud ecosystems, NetApp ONTAP® software supports your business, reduces risk, saves time, and optimizes your budget.

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AFF A-Series for Kubernetes

With Trident you can automatically provision AFF A-Series storage with advanced data protection features for your Kubernetes applications.

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AFF A-Series technical specifications

Although each AFF A-Series model features the same NetApp ONTAP software, they differ in hardware capabilities. Find out which model best fits your data needs.

AFF-A1K productAFF-A90 productAFF-A70 productAFF-A50 productAFF-A30 productAFF-A20 product
AFF A1K AFF A90 AFF A70 AFF A50 AFF A30 AFF A20
Maximum scale-out24 nodes24 nodes24 nodes24 nodes8 nodes6 nodes
Maximum SSD2880288028801440288144
Max Effective capacity[4]330PB330PB330PB185PB36.2PB18.8PB
Controller chassis form factor2x2U4U; 48 internal SSD slots4U; 48 internal SSD slots2U; 24 internal SSD slots2U; 24 internal SSD slots2U; 24 internal SSD slots
Power consumption (median)2718W[5]
(with NS224)		1950W[5]1232W[5]512W[5]495W[5]432W[5]
Tech specs of previous models can be found here

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Documentation

Quickly find what you need in our vast library of technical documentation.

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Support

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Downloads

Get the latest patches and updates for your AFF A-Series hardware.

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Footnotes

  1. Up to 40M IOPS and up to 1TB/s throughput in a single cluster
  2. Check out our certifications here: www.netapp.com/esg/trust-center/compliance/
  3. Terms and conditions will apply. 
  4. Effective capacity based on 5:1 storage efficiency ratios with the maximum number of SSDs installed; space savings vary depending on workload and use cases.
  5. Estimate under typical customer condition—awaiting field data for the new product.
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