New features and Enhancements of NetApp OnTap 9

Primary ONTAP Features

1. Leading enterprise-class data services • Unified management across flash, disk, and cloud, as well as SAN and NAS protocols
2. High performance for all-flash solutions • Nondisruptive operations
3. Scaling up to 24-nodes
4. Storage efficiency and inline data reduction 
5. NetApp Integrated Data Protection 
6. NetApp OnCommand® management software

 New Features: ONTAP 9 

1. Simplified AFF deployments in <10 li="" microsoft="" minutes="" racle="" server="" sql="" vdi="" vmware="">
2. Up to 60% more IOPS than with ONTAP 8.3.1 
3. ONTAP Select (for SDS) and ONTAP Cloud 
4. Support for 15TB SSD 
5. Inline data compaction works with compression and deduplication for greater data reduction
6. SnapLock® software for data compliance 
7. RAID-TEC triple-parity protection 
8. Headroom for visibility of performance capacity 
9. MetroCluster enhancements (lower TCO,  8-node NAS configurations) 
10. Onboard key manager 
11. Inline deduplication and compression 
12. MetroCluster 2-node solutions and improved distance (300km), performance, and deployment
13. Storage virtual machine disaster recovery  
14. Foreign LUN import enhancements

References:

1. NetApp ONTAP 9 Datasheet