Which NetApp solution safeguards Kubernetes volumes to object storage in public and private cloud providers?

BlueXP backup and recovery is the NetApp service designed for comprehensive data protection across hybrid multicloud environments. It specifically provides application-aware backup and recovery for Kubernetes workloads. This service discovers Kubernetes clusters and enables policy-based backups of entire applications, including their associated persistent volumes (PVs), to cost-effective object storage. The backups can be stored in various public cloud object stores (like Amazon S3, Azure Blob) or on-premises with StorageGRID, directly addressing the requirements of the question.

A. BlueXP classification: This is a data governance service that scans and categorizes data to identify sensitive information; it does not perform backup and recovery functions.

B. BlueXP observability: This service provides monitoring, logging, and performance analytics for NetApp infrastructure, offering insights into system health rather than data protection.

D. Astra Trident: This is a dynamic storage provisioner (CSI driver) for Kubernetes. Its role is to provision persistent volumes on NetApp storage, not to back them up.

1. NetApp BlueXP Documentation, "Backup and recovery for applications": "You can back up and restore data from your Kubernetes applications. BlueXP backup and recovery uses NetApp's Astra Control technology to discover your Kubernetes clusters and to back up and restore your application data. You can back up your application data to object storage in Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or to on-premises NetApp StorageGRID."

Source: NetApp BlueXP Documentation > Protect your data > Backup and recovery for applications.

2. NetApp BlueXP Documentation, "What is BlueXP backup and recovery?": "BlueXP backup and recovery is a backup and recovery service that's integrated in BlueXP. It delivers backup, restore, and disaster recovery capabilities for your data... It supports backing up and restoring data from the following data sources: ... Kubernetes persistent volumes."

Source: NetApp BlueXP Documentation > Protect your data > What is BlueXP backup and recovery?

3. NetApp Astra Trident Documentation, "What is Trident?": "Astra Trident is a fully supported open source storage provisioner maintained by NetApp that enables you to create storage volumes for containerized applications with Kubernetes."

Source: NetApp Astra Trident Documentation > Introduction > What is Trident?