Second-Generation Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Expands to Four More AWS Regions

Enhanced FSx ONTAP file systems with high scalability and throughput become available in Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, and GovCloud regions.

By Oliver Grant · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-04-10 · 1 min read

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Retrospective edition: 2026-04-10. Source published: 2026-04-10. Added to this archive: 2026-11-03. This briefing was prepared later from the linked announcement; it was not published on this website on the historical edition date.

Amazon expanded the availability of its second-generation FSx for NetApp ONTAP file systems, offering increased performance scalability through up to 12 HA file server pairs delivering 72 GBps throughput and 1 PiB SSD storage. This generation supports both single-AZ and multi-AZ configurations with flexible HA pair counts.

With the regional expansion, FSx ONTAP is now accessible in key markets including London, Hyderabad, Sao Paulo, and AWS GovCloud (US-West). The update allows customers to scale high-performance, feature-rich file systems more effectively in these geographies to meet diverse enterprise workload demands.

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Second-generation Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is now available in four additional AWS commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions ↗

Source published 2026-04-10. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.