Running FSx for ONTAP? This is a 3 three-part series focused on maximizing storage efficiency with NetApp Workload Factory, an AI-powered operations tool that helps you align your NetApp cloud data infrastructure with workload-specific best practices. Discover practical ways to reduce costs, strengthen data protection, improve performance, and simplify operations. Through expert guidance, real-world use cases, and live demos, you'll gain actionable insights you can put to work right away.

The series includes:

• Oct 20 - Cost Optimization: find and fix hidden spend
• Oct 28 - Data Protection & Resilience: close protection gaps, automate recovery
• Nov 11 - Performance Optimization: catch bottlenecks before users do

Tuesday, October 20, 11:00 am ET | Cost Optimization: find and fix hidden spend

Storage spend often climbs for reasons that aren't obvious from a billing statement, oversized resources, stale snapshots, or tiering policies that no longer match how the data is actually used. This session walks through how to find that spend and eliminate it.

What you'll learn:

• Reveal the root cause of hidden costs impacting your infrastructure spend
• Align storage resources with actual workload requirements to reduce waste
• Assess your environment with the Well-Architected Dashboard to identify high-impact optimization opportunities

Wednesday, October 28, 11:00 am ET | Data Protection & Resilience: close protection gaps, automate recovery

Protection gaps are easy to miss until a recovery is on the line, inconsistent snapshot schedules, replication that isn't tested, DR plans that don't match current workload priorities. This session covers how to close those gaps with policy-driven protection.

What you'll learn:

• Address common protection gaps that put critical workloads at risk
• Build resilient data protection strategies with snapshots, replication, and disaster recovery
• Automate protection policies and improve recovery readiness with Workload Factory

Wednesday, November 11, 11:00 am ET | Performance Optimization: catch bottlenecks before users do

Performance issues usually show up as a support ticket after users have already noticed. This session focuses on catching bottlenecks before they reach that point, by aligning resources to actual workload demand.

What you'll learn:

• Identify performance bottlenecks before they impact applications
• Align storage resources to workload demands for consistent performance
• Use Workload Factory insights to proactively optimize and scale your environment