We’re excited to announce that AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSx for ONTAP) is now generally available as a storage option for database services on Tessell. Built on top of NetApp’s ONTAP in AWS, FSx for ONTAP is optimized for high-performance, scalable database workloads, offering customers enhanced efficiency and flexibility.
At Tessell, our mission is to empower customers with choice at every level, supporting businesses across cloud platforms, infrastructure layers, and database engines. With Azure NetApp Files (ANF) already supported, the integration of AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP introduces another powerful storage option, enabling customers to deploy database services on ONTAP solutions in both AWS and Azure - Read more about our collaboration with Microsoft and NetApp here.
Managed DB service with FSx for ONTAP
Customers leveraging ONTAP, a powerful and scalable storage system for databases—often face challenges due to the lack of managed database service support. They are required to self-host databases with FSx for ONTAP, which results in longer time-to-value and increased operational expenses.
Tessell addresses this with comprehensive end-to-end management of database services, seamlessly integrated with FSx for ONTAP. Customers can deploy infrastructure within their own cloud accounts and leverage a range of supported database engines such as Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and more.
DB Provisioning and Management
Tessell offers a seamless DB service management with just a single click, taking care of the complete provisioning and management of the underlying infrastructure including FSx for ONTAP. Customers can customize their database requirements - such as storage, IOPS, database parameters, and maintenance windows - both during provisioning and at any later time as needed.
High Availability
Tessell’s managed DBaaS ensures high availability by supporting replication across multiple Availability Zones (AZs) and regions with FSx for NetApp ONTAP, minimizing downtime and guaranteeing that mission-critical applications remain operational. Tessell supports all high-availability topologies, providing peace of mind for businesses relying on critical applications.
Application consistent Backup and Recovery
Tessell natively supports application-consistent snapshots for all database engines, ensuring reliable backup and recovery without the need for additional plugins or complex configurations. Leveraging the powerful snapshot capabilities of FSx for NetApp ONTAP, Tessell ensures snapshots are created swiftly and efficiently, with minimal impact on database performance. This is achieved by quiescing and unquiescing I/O at the database level during snapshot requests, seamlessly aligning with ongoing database operations.
Additionally, Tessell provides sanitized snapshots with data masking features to protect sensitive information, ensuring both security and operational efficiency.
Cloning and Database Refresh
Tessell provides seamless cloning capabilities, enabling users to create copies of databases quickly and efficiently. This allows for the rapid provisioning of test, development, or staging environments without affecting the production database. In addition to cloning, Tessell supports both on-demand and scheduled database refreshes, ensuring non-production environments are consistently updated with the latest production data.
Monitoring
Tessell provides comprehensive monitoring across OS, database, and storage, including FSx for ONTAP, giving users full visibility into the health and performance of their entire database environment. With the ability to create custom alerts, users can proactively track critical metrics, monitor anomalies, and receive notifications for potential issues. This ensures early detection and swift resolution, maintaining optimal performance and minimizing downtime.
Cost Efficiency
Tessell helps customers save costs by bringing efficiency to both database management and storage through the integration of AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP. Key benefits include:
- Consolidated Database Management: Tessell’s multi-DB capabilities support consolidated database management, allowing for significant reductions in commercial database licensing costs and more efficient resource utilization.
- ONTAP’s Cost Optimization Features: Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP offers a highly cost-effective solution with performance on par with comparable services, delivering sub-millisecond latencies with SSD storage. Additionally, ONTAP’s advanced features—such as capacity pool storage, compression, and deduplication—further reduce storage costs.
Performance
Tessell’s DBaaS, integrated with FSx for ONTAP, delivers unmatched performance for high-demand database workloads. These capabilities are essential for running mission-critical databases that require speed, scalability, and consistency.
- High Storage, IOPS, and Throughput: FSx for ONTAP supports database workloads with substantial performance requirements. In scale-out systems, it supports up to 1 PiB of storage, handling up to 2.4 million IOPS and providing a baseline throughput of up to 72 GBps. This level of scalability allows Tessell to power databases that require extreme performance, which other storage services, such as EBS, do not support.
- NVMe Storage and Protocol Flexibility: FSx for ONTAP’s low-latency NVMe storage ensures faster database operations, optimizing response times for demanding applications. The unified storage layer supports multiple protocols, including NFS and iSCSI, providing flexibility and adaptability to various database architectures and needs.
- Support for Spiky Workloads: FSx for ONTAP supports spiky database workloads by allowing bursts in network and disk I/O operations beyond baseline speeds. This capability ensures consistent performance during periods of peak demand, which is crucial for handling the short, intense I/O bursts that are common in database environments.
Try it yourself
The availability of FSx for ONTAP marks a new phase in Tessell’s commitment to offering best-in-class database services. This integration enables customers to leverage a powerful storage solution characterized by extreme performance and cost efficiency, all seamlessly bundled with Tessell’s managed DBaaS for an optimized, hassle-free experience.
We encourage you to explore the enterprise-grade capabilities that Tessell, in combination with AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP, can bring to your database workloads. Take advantage of our free trial to experience these capabilities firsthand. To get started or learn more, reach out to us and drive a proof-of-value aligned with your business needs: AWS Free Trial Credits for Tessell | Tessell.
