NetApp states that its own storage arrays can greatly speed up backup and restoration tasks running on Red Hat’s OpenShift container and virtual machine infrastructure.
The scale and deployment quantity of OpenShift virtualized environments keep expanding. As outlined in Red Hat’s *The State of Virtualization* report, traditional backup solutions that scan entire virtual machine (VM) disks tend to cause prolonged backup cycles, unstable recovery durations and higher operational risks. Compared with full VM disk duplication, block-level change tracking is capable of effectively cutting down the volume of transmitted backup data.
Dallas Olson, Chief Commercial Officer at NetApp, remarked: "Powered by NetApp’s newest joint innovations with Red Hat, backup and recovery tasks remain stable and predictable amid expanding VM infrastructures. The solution empowers clients to migrate, run and secure large-scale VM and container deployments on Red Hat OpenShift with improved speed, predictable performance and higher operational reliability."
NetApp and Red Hat have jointly rolled out an integrated solution officially named NetApp Backup and Recovery for Red Hat OpenShift and OpenShift Virtualization on NetApp ONTAP storage. Leveraging forever-incremental backup technology, this tool adopts changed block tracking (CBT), maintains storage efficiency and offloads computing pressure to expedite backup and restore processes. It also provides end-to-end automation to support VM-level data protection and recovery workflows, alongside resource conversion mechanisms to shorten recovery latency. Both companies confirmed that these optimized functions eliminate data rehydration during backups and lower the computing resource consumption of backup tasks.
Moreover, NetApp has unveiled a preview version of its Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) solution built for OpenShift and OpenShift Virtualization. Featuring orchestrated disaster recovery for Kubernetes-based virtual machines, the service delivers cost-effective and user-friendly disaster protection for virtualized workloads on NetApp ONTAP storage, with streamlined guided workflows for failover and fallback.
In the industry landscape, multiple vendors provide similar CBT-enabled solutions for OpenShift. Aside from Veeam’s Kasten division, Trilio, Storware and Velero also support this technology. Meanwhile, Commvault has launched an early access program, which utilizes its Kubernetes-native tools to protect virtual machines on OpenShift Virtualization.
NetApp additionally announced an upgrade to Trident, its open-source and fully supported CSI-compliant storage orchestrator tailored for Kubernetes. By enabling parallel operation execution within the Trident controller, the updated version achieves better processing speed and scalability for Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP.
For further details about the strategic cooperation between NetApp and Red Hat, visitors can drop by NetApp Booth #538 at Red Hat Summit 2026. The event will take place from May 11 to 14 in Atlanta, Georgia, and relevant technical blogs are also available for public reference.
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