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NetApp AFF C-Series

Unlock the full value of your data with scalable, efficient, and secure capacity-optimized all-flash storage. It’s the ideal unified data storage solution to consolidate your general-purpose workloads.

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Consolidate and grow your general-purpose workloads with confidence

Meet the new NetApp® AFF C-Series — game-changing, capacity-optimized storage that enables you to modernize general-purpose block, file, and object workloads. With comprehensive data management and unmatched density, scale, and efficiency, budget-friendly AFF C-Series effortlessly consolidates workloads, eliminates silos, and speeds business transformation with true simplicity at scale.

Seamless, unified scale

Unleash your business with unified data storage that facilitates uninterrupted growth across block, file, and object workloads, from 122TB to 700+PB of effective capacity.

Maximum density and efficiency

Optimize storage utilization and slash costs with silo-free data access. Easily consolidate workloads, power DevTest sandboxes, and provide a secure replication target.

Industry-best data protection

Protect your data from cyber threats through built-in AI/ML-powered, real-time ransomware detection designed for 99%+ accuracy and guaranteed recovery. Leverage the most secure storage on the planet.

Modernize and protect your general-purpose workloads

Seize the advantage with ONTAP’s simplicity at scale

Part of our unified data storage portfolio, the AFF C-Series is powered by ONTAP®, NetApp’s single storage OS. Comprehensive and consistent data services across your hybrid multicloud environment mean you learn once and automate once. You enjoy the peace of mind that comes with one data security model and one recovery workflow. That’s real simplicity at scale.

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NetApp Storage Lifecycle Program

Future-proof your storage investment with free, nondisruptive controller upgrades as well as options to shift to the cloud as your business needs evolve.

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Guaranteed Storage Efficiency

AFF systems deliver leading raw-to-effective capacity for every workload, backed by our Storage Efficiency Guarantee. That includes 4:1 for SAN workloads and 1.5:1 for NAS.

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Guaranteed Ransomware Recovery

Your data is your most valuable asset, and NetApp has the most secure storage on the planet. We’re so confident that we can recover your data in the event of a ransomware attack, we guarantee it.

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“We recently migrated data from our HDD-based DR systems to an AFF C-Series. Bottom line: we got faster, denser, and more sustainable – and we never have to worry about performance challenges again.”

Oliver Fuckner, System Engineer Open Systems & Backup, Atruvia AG

The lowest-cost data

Save up to 70% on storage costs and extend your storage capacity with automated data tiering.

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AFF C-Series for Kubernetes

With Trident you can automatically provision AFF C-Series storage with advanced data protection features for your Kubernetes applications.

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Storage as a service

NetApp’s best-in-class storage for block, file, and object means you can flexibly scale without incurring new hardware or configuration costs—all with a single subscription.

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NetApp’s unstoppable momentum

In the same year Gartner® named NetApp a Leader in the Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Storage Platforms, we were recognized as a Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice. Now, we’re ranked #1 in Hybrid Cloud Storage in the Critical Capabilities report.

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AFF C-Series technical specifications

AFF C-Series all-flash systems are ideal for general-purpose workloads that demand good performance and high-density large-capacity flash. Find out which model is the best fit for your requirements.

	AFF C80	AFF C60	AFF C30

Maximum scale-out	24 nodes	8 nodes	8 nodes
Raw capacity	14.7PB	7.3PB	2.2PB
Max Effective capacity^[2]	707PB	118PB	29.4PB
Density	Up to 3PB raw in 4U	Up to 1.5PB raw in 2U	Up to 736.8TB raw in 2U
Controller chassis form factor	4U; 48 internal SSD slots	2U; 24 internal SSD slots	2U; 24 internal SSD slots
Power consumption (median)	1654W^[3]	628W^[3]	628W^[3]
Technical specifications for previous models of the AFF C-Series are available here.