This page describes the capabilities of different service levels that NetApp Volumes offers to its users.
NetApp Volumes offers four service levels:
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Flex
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Standard
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Premium
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Extreme
Each service level offers different capacity options and performance levels to fit different use cases. The following table summarizes the features across service levels:
Features
Service level type
Flex
Standard
Premium
Extreme
Storage pools
Capacity
1 to 300 TiB
2 to 200 TiB
2 TiB to 10 PiB
2 TiB to 10 PiB
Granular resizing
Yes, the storage pool can increase in 1 GiB increments
Yes, the storage pool can increase and decrease in 1 GiB increments
Yes, the storage pool can increase and decrease in 1 GiB increments
Yes, the storage pool can increase and decrease in 1 GiB increments
Performance
Default performance: up to 16 KiBps per GiB of provisioned pool
capacity
Custom performance: up to 5 GiBps per zonal storage pool in select regions
Custom performance: up to 5 GiBps per zonal storage pool in select regions
Up to 16 KiBps per GiB of provisioned volume capacity
Up to 64 KiBps per GiB of provisioned volume capacity
Up to 128 KiBps per GiB of provisioned volume capacity
Volumes
High availability
Zonal or Regional with
the option for volume
replication
the option for volume
replication
Zonal with the option for
volume replication
volume replication
Zonal with the option
for volume replication
for volume replication
Zonal with the option
for volume replication
for volume replication
Capacity
1 GiB to 307,200 GiB
100 GiB to 102,400 GiB
100 GiB to 102,400 GiB
100 GiB to 102,400 GiB
Large capacity volumes
No
No
15 TiB to 3 PiB
15 TiB to 3 PiB
Granular resizing
Yes, the volume can increase
and decrease in 1 GiB increments
Auto-tiering
Yes, for custom-performance Flex zonal pools in selected regions
No
Yes
Yes
Volume snapshots
Up to 255 snapshots per volume
Volume clones
Yes
Volume reversion
Yes
Volume backups
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Service level changes allowed
No
No
Yes, between Premium and Extreme
Yes, between Premium and Extreme
User and group quotas within volume
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protocols
SMB version support
SMB 2.1, 3.0, and 3.1.1
SMB workgroup mode
Only domain mode
SMB access-based enumeration (ABE)
Yes
SMB3 encryption
Yes
SMB continuously available shares
No
Microsoft SQL Server and FSLogix
Microsoft SQL Server and FSLogix
Microsoft SQL Server and FSLogix
NFS version support
NFSv3 and NFSv4.1
NFSv3, NFSv4.1, and NFSv4.2
NFSv3, NFSv4.1, and NFSv4.2
NFSv3, NFSv4.1, and NFSv4.2
NFS extended group support
Yes
NFSv4.1 security identifiers
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
NFSv4.1 numeric IDs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
NFSv4.1 ACLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
NFSv4.1 Kerberos
krb5, krb5i, and krb5p
krb5, krb5i, and krb5p
krb5, krb5i, and krb5p
krb5, krb5i, and krb5p
NFSv3 and NFSv4.1
On the same volume
On the same volume
On the same volume
On the same volume
SMB and NFSv3/4.1
No
On the same volume
On the same volume
On the same volume
NFSv4.2 extended attributes
No
Yes, for NFSv4.1 enabled volumes
Yes, for NFSv4.1 enabled volumes
Yes, for NFSv4.1 enabled volumes
Encryption at rest
Google-owned and Google-managed encryption keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Customer-managed keys
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Active Directory integration
Organizational Unit support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Active Directory site support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
LDAP signing and sealing
SMB LDAP: signing only, if required by domain controller
NFS LDAP: required
NFS LDAP: required
LDAP signing only if required by domain controller
LDAP signing only if required by domain controller
LDAP signing only if required by domain controller
AES support for Kerberos
Always on
Yes
Yes
Yes
Support local Administrators group
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Support local Backups Operators group
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Support defining Windows Security Operators
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Active Directory as LDAP server
NFSV3 and NFSv4.1, RFC2307bis schema
NFSv3 and NFSv4.1, RFC2307bis schema
NFSv3 and NFSv4.1. RFC2307bis schema
NFSv3 and NFSv4.1. RFC2307bis schema
Active Directory as Kerberos server
SMB and NFSv4.1
SMB and NFSv4.1
SMB and NFSv4.1
SMB and NFSv4.1
Volume replication
Volume replication to other locations
Yes, to Flex pools only
Yes, to Standard pools only
Yes, between Premium and Extreme pools only
Yes, between Premium and Extreme pools only
Replication schedules
10 minute, 1 hour, and daily intervals
10 minute, 1 hour, and daily intervals
10 minute, 1 hour, and daily intervals
10 minute, 1 hour, and daily intervals
Access to destination with
active replication
active replication
Read-only
Read-only
Read-only
Read-only
Access to destination with
stopped replication
stopped replication
Read-write
Read-write
Read-write
Read-write
Replication can switch directions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Snapshots in replication
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Volume migration between ONTAP and NetApp Volumes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Volume replication between ONTAP and NetApp Volumes
No
Yes (in allow-listed General Availability (GA))
Yes (in allow-listed General Availability (GA))
Yes (in allow-listed General Availability (GA))
Backups
Manual backups
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backup schedules
Daily, weekly, and monthly
Daily, weekly, and monthly
Daily, weekly, and monthly
Daily, weekly, and monthly
Backup restores
Full-volume, in region
Full-volume, in region
Full-volume within cross-regions
Full-volume within cross-regions
Full-volume, in region
Full-volume within cross-regions
Full-volume within cross-regions
Full-volume, in region
Full-volume within cross-regions
Full-volume within cross-regions
Backup vault location
Regional, same region
Regional, same region
Cross-region
Cross-region
Regional, same region
Cross-region
Cross-region
Regional, same region
Cross-region
Cross-region
Networking
Shared VPC support
Yes
Supported regions
The following table lists regions available for use in NetApp Volumes across service levels. For more information about region-specific considerations, see Geography and regions .
| Service level type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flex | Standard | Premium | Extreme | |
| Regions | africa-south1
asia-east1
asia-east2
asia-northeast1
asia-northeast2
asia-northeast3
asia-south1
asia-south2
asia-southeast1
asia-southeast2
australia-southeast1
australia-southeast2
europe-central2
europe-north1
europe-southwest1
europe-west1
europe-west2
europe-west3
europe-west4
europe-west6
europe-west8
europe-west9
europe-west10
europe-west12
me-central1
me-central2
me-west1
northamerica-northeast1
northamerica-northeast2
southamerica-east1
southamerica-west1
us-central1
us-east1
us-east4
us-east5
us-south1
us-west1
us-west2
us-west3
us-west4
|
asia-southeast1
australia-southeast1
europe-southwest1
europe-west2
europe-west3
europe-west4
europe-west6
northamerica-northeast1
northamerica-northeast2
us-central1
us-east4
us-west2
us-west3
us-west4
|
asia-southeast1
australia-southeast1
europe-southwest1
europe-west2
europe-west3
europe-west4
europe-west6
northamerica-northeast1
northamerica-northeast2
us-central1
us-east4
us-west2
us-west3
us-west4
|
asia-southeast1
australia-southeast1
europe-southwest1
europe-west2
europe-west3
europe-west4
europe-west6
northamerica-northeast1
northamerica-northeast2
us-central1
us-east4
us-west2
us-west3
us-west4
|
Supported regions for Flex custom performance
The following are the regions available for use for Flex custom performance.
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asia-northeast1 -
asia-northeast3 -
asia-south1 -
asia-south2 -
asia-southeast1 -
europe-west1 -
europe-west2 -
europe-west3 -
europe-west4 -
northamerica-northeast2 -
us-central1 -
us-east1 -
us-east4 -
us-east5 -
us-west1 -
us-west3 -
us-west4
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