A company is comparing consumption models for a new analytics workload. The workload is expected to run continuously for the next two years. The company wants to minimize total cost of ownership. Which consumption model should they choose?

A capacity-based subscription with a two-year term

A pay-per-use model with no minimum commitment

Pay-as-you-go with no commitment

A one-year reserved instance in a public cloud

Which statement accurately describes the pricing model of NetApp Keystone?

Customers pay a fixed upfront fee for lifetime storage

Customers pay a flat monthly rate regardless of usage

Customers pay only for hardware maintenance, not capacity

Customers pay based on a per-use basis, similar to a utility model

A company uses NetApp Keystone with a pay-per-use model. The storage team notices that costs are increasing even though the actual data stored has grown only slightly. They suspect that snapshots and thin provisioning are causing the allocated capacity to be much higher than the actual data. Which action would most effectively control costs?

Review and reduce snapshot schedules and reclaim thin-provisioned space

Switch to a fully committed tier to get a lower per-unit price

Increase the minimum commitment to get a lower per-unit price

Move data to a public cloud with reserved instances

A hospital system must keep patient data on-premises due to data residency regulations. They have a variable workload with seasonal peaks. They want to avoid overprovisioning and pay only for what they use, but they also need predictable budgeting. Which NetApp consumption approach best balances these needs?

A traditional capacity-based license with a large upfront purchase

Use a pay-as-you-go model with no commitment

NetApp Keystone with a pay-per-use model and a minimum commitment

Move data to a public cloud with reserved instances

A manufacturing company wants to modernize its on-premises storage without making a large capital investment. They want to shift IT costs from capital expenditure (capex) to operational expenditure (opex) and pay based on usage. Which NetApp solution should they consider?

Cloud Volumes ONTAP in a public cloud

A capacity-based license with a three-year term

A traditional storage array purchase

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16application · medium
A company is comparing consumption models for a new analytics workload. The workload is expected to run continuously for the next two years. The company wants to minimize total cost of ownership. Which consumption model should they choose?
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Which statement accurately describes the pricing model of NetApp Keystone?
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18expert · hard
A company uses NetApp Keystone with a pay-per-use model. The storage team notices that costs are increasing even though the actual data stored has grown only slightly. They suspect that snapshots and thin provisioning are causing the allocated capacity to be much higher than the actual data. Which action would most effectively control costs?
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19expert · hard
A hospital system must keep patient data on-premises due to data residency regulations. They have a variable workload with seasonal peaks. They want to avoid overprovisioning and pay only for what they use, but they also need predictable budgeting. Which NetApp consumption approach best balances these needs?
Select an answer first
20application · medium
A manufacturing company wants to modernize its on-premises storage without making a large capital investment. They want to shift IT costs from capital expenditure (capex) to operational expenditure (opex) and pay based on usage. Which NetApp solution should they consider?
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A company is comparing consumption models for a new analytics workload. The workload is expected to run continuously for the next two years. The company wants to minimize total cost of ownership. Which consumption model should they choose?

Which statement accurately describes the pricing model of NetApp Keystone?

A manufacturing company wants to modernize its on-premises storage without making a large capital investment. They want to shift IT costs from capital expenditure (capex) to operational expenditure (opex) and pay based on usage. Which NetApp solution should they consider?

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