What are the capabilities and differences of ASA r2 compared to ONTAP 9?
Applies to
- ASA r2 ONTAP personality
- Unified ONTAP personality (ONTAP 9)
Answer
- The NetApp ASA r2 systems deliver a unified hardware and software solution that creates a simplified experience specific to the needs of SAN-only customers
- Learn more of the overall differences here: Compare ASA r2 systems to other ONTAP systems
- A quick view of capabilities and differences as of ONTAP 9.16.1 can be found below:
ASA r2 | Unified ONTAP (ONTAP 9) | |
Platform Support | • ASA A1K • ASA A90 • ASA A70 • ASA A50 • ASA A30 • ASA A20 |
See NetApp Hardware Universe |
Platform Mixing | With other ASA r2 platforms as outlined in NetApp Hardware Universe | See NetApp Hardware Universe |
Disk Partitioning | Not required | Root-data partitioning |
Data Storage Space | Storage Unit | Flexvol and FlexGroup Volumes |
ONTAP API Interface |
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Protocol Support | SAN | SAN, NAS, and Object |
SAN Path Failover |
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ALUA (Asymmetric Logical Unit Access) and MPIO (multipath I/O) |
Storage Layer | Storage Availability Zone | Aggregates |
Storage Unit and LUN Provisioning | Thin only | Thin or Thick |
Snapshot | Manual or automatic Snapshots of volumes | |
Replication | Snapshot replication to other ASA r2 systems | SnapMirror |
Storage Efficiency | Compression begins without waiting for data to become cold | Temperature-sensitive storage efficiency (TSSE) |
Automatic Storage Rebalancing | Supported for Storage Units | Not Supported |
MetroCluster | Not Supported | Supported |
FabricPool | Not Supported | Supported |
Consistency Group | A consistency group is a collection of storage units that are managed as a single unit | Not Supported |