A customer wants a disaster recovery solution in the cloud. The SnapMirror destination needs to be fully managed by the cloud provider. Which service…

The question requires a disaster recovery solution that is "fully managed by the cloud provider." This specifies a service model where the cloud provider (Microsoft, AWS) is responsible for managing the underlying hardware and the NetApp ONTAP software, including patching and maintenance.

Both Azure NetApp Files (ANF) and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSxN) are first-party, fully managed services. Customers consume them as a native cloud service without managing the ONTAP software instances themselves. Both services are designed to be SnapMirror destinations, making them ideal for cloud-based disaster recovery from on-premises ONTAP systems.

B. NetApp Cloud Volumes Service: While a fully managed service, this term is older and has been largely superseded by the more advanced Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP on AWS, making it a less precise answer.

C. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP: This is a customer-managed solution. The customer deploys and operates the ONTAP software on the cloud provider's IaaS (virtual machines and block storage), making them responsible for its management.

1. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Documentation. What is Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP? "Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is a fully managed service that provides highly reliable, scalable, performant, and feature-rich file storage built on NetApp’s popular ONTAP file system." (Source: AWS Documentation, Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP User Guide).

2. Microsoft Azure Documentation. What is Azure NetApp Files. "Azure NetApp Files is an enterprise-class, high-performance, metered file storage service. ... The service supports any workload type and is highly available by default. You can select service and performance levels, and set up snapshots, replication, and other data protection through the service. Azure NetApp Files is a first-party service from Microsoft..." (Source: Microsoft Docs, Azure NetApp Files documentation).

3. NetApp Product Documentation. Cloud Volumes ONTAP. "Cloud Volumes ONTAP is a software-only storage appliance that runs the NetApp ONTAP data management software on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud." This description highlights that it is software the customer runs, in contrast to the "fully managed service" descriptions for ANF and FSxN. (Source: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP Datasheet).