Which ONTAP feature should you enable to reduce capacity utilization on an AFF array while taking advantage of highly scalable cloud storage?

• A. AutoTiering
• B. FabricPool
• C. SnapMirror
• D. FlexCache

Answer: (B)

The idea tested is offloading data to cloud storage to free local space while still keeping access to the data. FabricPool is ONTAP’s cloud-tiering feature that lets a volume use an external object store as a cloud tier. Hot data and metadata stay on the AFF, but less-active data is moved to the cloud, dramatically reducing local capacity usage and letting you scale storage space in the cloud. When that data is needed again, it can be retrieved on demand with minimal impact on performance.

AutoTiering moves data between performance tiers within the same system (e.g., SSD to HDD) and doesn’t target cloud offload. SnapMirror is for data replication and disaster recovery, not capacity reduction. FlexCache provides a caching layer to speed up reads but doesn’t offload primary storage capacity to the cloud.