StorageGRID

Scale AI and modern workloads with globally unified object storage

With unstructured data growing rapidly, NetApp® StorageGRID® enables organizations to manage globally distributed data as a single system with a unified namespace. Delivering significant performance improvements and simplified data management at scale, StorageGRID helps you efficiently support AI, analytics, and other data-intensive workloads.

NetApp: a Leader among Top Object Storage Solutions

Recognized for its vision of enterprise data infrastructure optimized for hybrid, multicloud, and sovereign environments.

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Power critical data use cases across your organization

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AI data prep and modeling 

Accelerate AI innovation with high-performance object storage built for large-scale datasets. StorageGRID 12.1 delivers faster throughput for AI, analytics, and data lake workloads.

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Data analytics and data lakes

Drive insights from massive data volumes with a platform designed for high-throughput data access and processing. StorageGRID scales seamlessly while improving performance for analytics and data lake workloads.

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Secure backup and archive

Protect long-term data with an integrated solution built for high durability, scalability, and cloud integration. Secure, object-storage based StorageGRID is perfect for long-term data retention and backup.

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Why choose NetApp for object storage?

NetApp StorageGRID delivers high-performance, globally scalable object storage designed for AI and modern data workloads. A unified namespace across distributed environments simplifies data management while enabling efficient processing at scale across hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.

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Why infrastructure leaders choose StorageGRID?

PriorityHow StorageGRID Helps
Data growthScale to object capacity across sites without disrupting applications
AI readinessProvide S3-based storage for AI, analytics, and modern data lake architectures.
Operational
efficiency		Manage distributed environments through a unified architecture.
Cyber resilienceProtect backup and archive data with durable object storage.
GovernanceAutomate data placement and retention policies across distributed environments.

StorageGRID appliance portfolio

Create an enterprise-grade turnkey solution to solve specific performance or capacity needs.

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SGF6212 SG6260 SG5860 SG5812 SG1200 / SG120
Drive Types SupportedSED: 1.9TB, 3.8TB 15.3TB (TLC)
FIPS: 3.8TB, 15.3TB(TLC)
Non-SED: 30.7TB QLC
SED: 61.4TB QLC, 122.8TB QLC		Non-FDE: 4TB, 10TB, 18TB, 24TB
FIPS: 10TB		Non-FDE: 4TB, 10TB, 18TB, 24TB
FIPS: 10TB		Non-FDE: 4TB, 10TB, 18TB, 24TB
FIPS: 10TB		N/A
Raw capacity

22.8TB - 1475TB

No Exp Shelf: 240TB –1440TB
1 Exp Shelf: 480TB - 2880TB
2 Exp Shelf: 720TB - 4320TB

240TB - 1440TB

48TB - 288TB

N/A

Form factor1U, 12 drives5U[1], 60 drives
120 with 1 exp shelf
180 with 2 exp shelves		4U, 60 drives2U, 12 drives1U[1]
Connectivity4 x 10/25GbE
4 x 100/200GbE (optional)		4 x 10/25GbE
4 x 100/200GbE		4 x 10/25GbE4 x 10/25GbE4x 10/25/40/100/200GbE (SG1200)
4 x 10/25GbE (SG120)

Footnotes

  1. 1U compute server included in form factor—environmental specifications using 220V for compute server. Environmental specifications can be found on the StorageGRID datasheet.
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    “Choosing StorageGRID and FabricPool was a strategic decision for ease of use, scalability, and lower costs. Anything else would have meant more risk and effort.”

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    “A service interruption could affect 86 million customers, leaving them unable to transfer money, pay bills, or use credit cards. For critical services, I work closely with NetApp to develop a secure, resilient storage platform that offers high availability.”

    Fábio Pereira, Principal Storage Engineer, Banco do Brasil

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    “One of the reasons we love working with NetApp is they have a wide variety of tools and solutions – things like StorageGRID and Cloud Volumes ONTAP – that are easy entries into the cloud.”

    Megg Bailey, Storage Architect, Kyndryl

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    How does StorageGRID simplify data management?

    StorageGRID automates data placement, scales globally, and integrates with your operations to cut management overhead. Here's how.

    Automate data management 

    With a dynamic policy engine that supports information lifecycle management (ILM) rules, StorageGRID helps you meet the growing challenges of privacy, security, regulatory compliance, and data management.

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    Scale globally with unified data management

    Maximize the capabilities of your environment with a unified namespace across distributed systems. StorageGRID enables global scale while simplifying how data is managed and accessed across locations.

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    Enjoy flexible deployments 

    Harness StorageGRID flexibility to deploy on optimized hardware-based appliances, software-based VMs, Docker containers running on bare-metal servers, or a combination of all three across virtual and physical environments. 

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    Streamline data operations

    Simplify the data and storage management experience with seamless integration between StorageGRID and NetApp Console service offerings.

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    Explore StorageGRID partner integrations

    NetApp has integrated StorageGRID with leading technology vendors to make it even easier to optimize your data environment.

    Dremio: Agentic lakehouse on NetApp StorageGRID with Dremio
    Fast analytics on StorageGRID + Dremio

    Turn StorageGRID into a high-performance platform for analytics and AI/ML. Get direct SQL access, semantic consistency, and an open architecture built for scale.

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    Veeam: Immutable protection for critical data with NetApp & Veeam
    Modern air-gapped protection with Veeam

    Extend immutability for long-term retention with StorageGRID S3 Object Lock. Help prevent deletion, modification, or encryption and restore to a known-good state.

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    • Spectra Logic
    • lakeFS
    • Snowflake
    • Model9
    • Alluxio
    • Commvault
    • Veeam
    • Apache Kafka
    • Rubrik
    • Splunk
    • Komprise

    Free your flash from cold data

    Expand your primary storage resources and lower TCO by automatically tiering cold data.

     StorageGRID FAQs

    NetApp StorageGRID is a scalable object storage solution for managing unstructured data across hybrid cloud environments. It supports S3 integration, data lifecycle management, and multi-site replication, ensuring secure, efficient, and compliant data storage for enterprises.

    Key features of StorageGRID include automated policy-driven data placement, AI data preparation and modeling, seamless integration with cloud-native applications, flexible deployment options, enhanced data availability and disaster recovery across global locations, and optimized storage for unstructured data.

    StorageGRID supports data durability and availability through multi-site replication and erasure coding. This safeguards data across multiple locations to prevent loss from hardware failures or outages.

    StorageGRID offers flexible deployment options, including hardware-based appliances, virtual machines, Docker containers, or a combination of these across physical and virtual environments. This versatility allows seamless integration into hybrid cloud infrastructures, ensuring scalable, efficient, and cost-effective object storage solutions. StorageGRID also offers licensing options aligned to deployment models, helping organizations simplify expansion, support renewals, and long-term lifecycle management as storage environments grow.

    StorageGRID offers licensing options designed to support both appliance-based and software-defined deployments. These options are designed to provide flexibility while simplifying expansion, hardware refresh planning, support renewals, and long-term lifecycle management. Your NetApp representative can help determine the licensing approach that best aligns with your deployment requirements.

    StorageGRID supports compliance and regulatory requirements with advanced data lifecycle management, enabling automated policy-driven data placement and retention. This provides secure, auditable storage with features like encryption, access controls, and multi-site replication, meeting global data governance standards across hybrid cloud environments.

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