Jul 9, 2024
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, a fully managed AWS storage service based on NetApp ONTAP and built for business-critical workloads, now allows you to read data from a volume while it is being restored from a backup, instead of waiting for the restore to complete. This new feature for second-generation FSx for ONTAP file systems provides read-access during backup restores, allowing users to improve Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) by up to 17x for read-only workloads that rely on backup restores for business continuity, such as media streaming and compliance verification.
With this new feature, FSx for ONTAP enables read access to data within minutes of initiating a restore, enabling users to browse through the backup and retrieve critical data to resume operations faster in the event of accidental data modification or deletion. Customers can reduce time to recover media streaming applications when the primary volume becomes unavailable by serving reads from a volume being restored, and compliance teams can initiate audits sooner by accessing data without waiting for the restore to complete.
This feature is available with FSx for ONTAP second-generation file systems in all AWS Regions where FSx for ONTAP second-generation file systems are available. See the FSx for ONTAP product documentation for more details.