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# NetApp AFF A-Series Reviews
**Vendor:** NetApp  
**Category:** [Storage Systems Hardware](https://www.g2.com/categories/storage-systems)  
**Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 11
## About NetApp AFF A-Series
NetApp AFF A-Series systems are high-performance all-flash arrays engineered for the most demanding enterprise workloads. Built on industry's leading data management software, ONTAP, the A-Series delivers exceptional throughput, consistent sub-millisecond response times, and end-to-end data services designed to support mission-critical applications. These systems offer rich data management, cyber-resilience, and seamless cloud integration—making them a flagship choice for environments where performance and reliability cannot be compromised. A-Series arrays are ideal for performance-intensive workloads such as large-scale databases, virtualization, and AI/ML pipelines.




## NetApp AFF A-Series Reviews
  ### 1. Editors choice winner entry-level flash storage from NetApp

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Gunjan M. K. | Research Associate I/ Lab Manager in Yale Cancer Biology Institute, Research, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2018

**What do you like best about NetApp AFF A-Series?**

 NetApp AFF A200 is an entry-level array for small organizations that are either looking to begin with or migrate to all-flash storage, or as a nice option for remote/branch offices. The A200 is a dual-controller platform powered by six-core Intel Broadwell-DE processors and upward of 64GB of memory. From a capacity perspective, the A200 has 24 2.5” bays for SAS flash drives. The array supports up to 15TB drives, bringing a total raw capacity up to 367TB, although effective capacity is much higher with data reduction. Moreover, NetApp offers a guaranteed storage efficiency reduction of 4:1. The A200 also can add capacity through a DS224C expansion shelf. The array runs on NetApp’s ONTAP operating system.

**What do you dislike about NetApp AFF A-Series?**

The virtualization performance is a little slow
Missing a 1.92TB SSD option to hit the price gap between the 960GB and 3.8TB configurations

**Recommendations to others considering NetApp AFF A-Series:**

Up to 367TB in a 2U footprint (before 4:1 data efficiency)
Data reduction technologies had minimal impact on application workload benchmarks
Tremendous performance at sub-millisecond latencies in VDBench
Mature set of data services and integrations

**What problems is NetApp AFF A-Series solving and how is that benefiting you?**

The NetApp AFF A200 is an ideal unified storage solution for the mid-market that requires an uncompromising mix of application responsiveness, backed by an extensive list of thoroughbred data services.


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