What is SnapVault and its role in data protection?

• A. SnapVault is a backup-oriented replication feature that stores copies of snapshots on a secondary target for long-term retention and restoration.
• B. SnapVault is a real-time transactional replication.
• C. SnapVault is a file system-level deduplication engine.
• D. SnapVault is a data compression feature.

Answer: (A)

SnapVault is a backup-oriented replication feature that copies NetApp ONTAP snapshots from a primary system to a secondary target for long-term retention and restoration. It operates on scheduled, incremental transfers, creating a vault of snapshots you can restore from when needed. It isn’t real-time transactional replication, nor a file-system deduplication or compression feature. The idea is to keep a protected copy of historical snapshots elsewhere for DR or archival purposes.