Which resource provides capacity tiering for Cloud Volumes ONTAP in Azure?

Which resource provides capacity tiering for Cloud Volumes ONTAP in Azure?

• A. Azure Blob Storage
• B. Azure Managed Disks
• C. Azure File Share
• D. Azure Data Lake Storage

Answer: (A)

Capacity tiering in Cloud Volumes ONTAP uses Azure Blob Storage as the cloud backend to hold infrequently accessed data. The active data stays on the ONTAP system, while older or less-frequently accessed blocks are moved to the cloud tier for cost efficiency. Azure Blob Storage is designed for scalable, object-based storage, making it the appropriate target for this tiering approach. The other options are different types of storage not used as the tiering backend: Managed Disks are block storage for VMs, File Shares are used for SMB/NFS file storage, and Data Lake Storage is optimized for analytics workloads.

Capacity tiering in Cloud Volumes ONTAP uses Azure Blob Storage as the cloud backend to hold infrequently accessed data. The active data stays on the ONTAP system, while older or less-frequently accessed blocks are moved to the cloud tier for cost efficiency. Azure Blob Storage is designed for scalable, object-based storage, making it the appropriate target for this tiering approach. The other options are different types of storage not used as the tiering backend: Managed Disks are block storage for VMs, File Shares are used for SMB/NFS file storage, and Data Lake Storage is optimized for analytics workloads.