AWS Import/Export Snowball vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

AWS Import/Export Snowball is a petabyte-scale data transport solution that uses secure appliances to transfer large amounts of data into and out of the AWS cloud and addresses common challenges with large-scale data transfers including high network costs, long transfer times, and security concerns.

NetApp® Cloud Volumes ONTAP® offers a self-managed, unified storage management solution built on NetApp’s industry-leading ONTAP® software—empowering organizations with unmatched control and flexibility across block and file workloads in hybrid and multicloud environments. Seamlessly integrated with all major cloud providers, it runs natively on each cloud platform (Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, AWS), allowing you to deploy and manage storage for mission-critical applications, databases, containers, and user files without requiring extra tooling or complex configuration.