Global
cloud-led, data centric software company NetApp
announced the general availability of NetApp Astra (formerly known as
Project Astra), a fully managed application-aware data management
service built for Kubernetes workloads. NetApp Astra allows
organizations to protect, recover, and move applications deployed on
Kubernetes with no software to download, install, manage, or upgrade,
thus enabling them to focus on developing and scaling their
applications-not on managing infrastructure.
"Backup,
cloning, disaster recovery, data lifecycle operations, data
optimization, compliance, and security are all critical to any
organization," said Eric Han vice president, product management, Public
Cloud Services at NetApp. "Taken together, these challenges increase
complexity. That's directly at odds with Kubernetes' goal of simpler,
faster and more flexible application development and deployment - a
vision that NetApp Astra will help to realize."
"I
applaud NetApp's goal of providing application-aware data management
for Kubernetes," said Rushi NS, Chief Architect, SAP. "Astra will make
it dramatically easier to manage, protect, and move data-rich Kubernetes
workloads across public clouds and on-premises. I look forward to
collaborating with NetApp as they continue to develop Astra."
With
NetApp Astra, NetApp extends its industry-leading data management
services into the Kubernetes ecosystem, helping organizations manage
cloud native applications and legacy workloads with key capabilities
including:
- Data protection with snapshots.
Teams can take snapshots for local data protection. If the data is
accidentally deleted or corrupted, the applications and associated data
can be reverted to a previously recorded snapshot in the same Kubernetes
cluster.
- Disaster/data recovery with remote backups.
Teams can also take a full application-aware backup of an application
and state. The backup can be used to restore the application with its
data to a different Kubernetes cluster in the same or a different region
to address data recovery use cases.
- Simplified application portability and migration with active clones. Entire
applications, along with their data, can be moved from one Kubernetes
cluster to another, no matter where the clusters are located.
Currently
supporting Google Cloud, NetApp Astra will soon support Microsoft Azure
and AWS public cloud environments, as well as on-prem.