NetApp Private Storage for AWS is an enterprise storage solution that utilizes AWS Direct Connect to provide its customers the ability to establish a dedicated network connection from their existing infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The service offering will enable organizations to replicate data hosted on-premise NetAp storage hardware into the cloud via AWS Direct enterprises.  

• Access big data analytics: Leverage NetApp Private Storage along with Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR) to accomplish big data analysis at a fraction of the cost of running on premise.
• Gain cost-effective data protection: Deploy cost-effective disaster recovery by leveraging Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) in failover scenarios. Leverage tiered disk backup and recovery using Amazon Glacier as a more reliable alternate to a tape archive.
• Support for high performance NFS and CIFS: Easily move traditional enterprise applications to the cloud.
• Support for secure synchronous or asynchronous data replication: Seamlessly move data between AWS regions, increasing application redundancy.