FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Overview

FSx for NetApp ONTAP provides enterprise-grade NFS storage with advanced features like snapshots, clones, and data replication.

Install FSx ONTAP CSI Driver

helm repo add aws-fsx-openzfs-csi-driver https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/aws-fsx-openzfs-csi-driver
helm repo update
 
helm install aws-fsx-openzfs-csi-driver aws-fsx-openzfs-csi-driver/aws-fsx-openzfs-csi-driver \
  --namespace kube-system

Create StorageClass

apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
kind: StorageClass
metadata:
  name: fsx-ontap-sc
provisioner: fsxn.csi.netapp.com
parameters:
  svName: fsx-ontap-svm
  snapshotDirectory: "false"
  exportPolicyName: default
  nfsMountOptions: "rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576"

Use in Pod

apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
  name: fsx-ontap-claim
spec:
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteMany
  storageClassName: fsx-ontap-sc
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 100Gi
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: app-with-fsx
spec:
  containers:
  - name: app
    image: nginx
    volumeMounts:
    - mountPath: /data
      name: fsx-volume
  volumes:
  - name: fsx-volume
    persistentVolumeClaim:
      claimName: fsx-ontap-claim

Key Features

• Snapshot and clone support
• Data replication
• Compression and deduplication
• Multi-protocol (NFS, SMB)

References

• FSx for NetApp ONTAP CSI
• EKS Workshop - FSxN