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Does NetApp support encryption

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE)
  • NetApp Aggregate Encryption (NAE)

Answer

Yes, NetApp supports encryption through the following features:
  • NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE):
    • Provides per-volume, software-based encryption for data at rest. 
    • Available starting with ONTAP 9.1.
    • NVE allows ONTAP to encrypt data stored on disk without requiring self-encrypting drives. 
    • It supports storage efficiency features and can be used with any existing disk, including NetApp Storage Encryption (NSE) drives for layered encryption.
  • NetApp Aggregate Encryption (NAE):
    • An enhancement of NVE, available starting with ONTAP 9.6. 
    • NAE enables encryption at the aggregate level, allowing for aggregate deduplication and greater storage efficiency. 
    • It encrypts data for each volume with keys shared for the aggregate.
  • To verify if encryption is enabled on your volumes, use the volume show command with the -is-encrypted true option.

This command will display a list of currently encrypted volumes.

cluster1::> volume show -is-encrypted true

Vserver  Volume  Aggregate  State  Type  Size  Available  Used
-------  ------  ---------  -----  ----  -----  --------- ----
vs1      vol1    aggr2      online  RW    200GB  160.0GB   20%

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