FabricPool capacity licence
Catalog row in Vendor License Metrics · Cited
- Unit
- Capacity tiered to third-party object storage
- Aliases
- FabricPool license; cloud tiering licence
- Definition
- ONTAP documentation: "FabricPool requires a capacity-based license when attaching third-party object storage providers (such as Amazon S3) as cloud tiers for AFF and FAS systems."
- Counting rules
- Tiering to NetApp targets (ONTAP S3, StorageGRID) does not need this licence under the cited requirement. In Keystone, tiering to Keystone Value, StorageGRID object tier or customer-owned StorageGRID is included; tiering to public cloud or third-party object storage is charged as an add-on.
- Floors / minimums
- None stated.
- Applies to products
- ONTAP FabricPool on AFF and FAS
- Product category