Enhancing Data Protection and Scalability: NetApp and Red Hat Collaboration for Red Hat OpenShift Deployments
NetApp has collaborated with Red Hat to enhance data protection and scalability for Red Hat OpenShift deployments. The new block-level change tracking capabilities introduced by NetApp enable faster backup and recovery processes for virtualized environments, both on-premises and in the cloud. These updates aim to improve the efficiency and predictability of backup, recovery, and day-to-day operations, empowering customers to migrate, scale, and manage virtual machine (VM) and container environments with increased confidence.
As per the findings of The state of virtualization report by Red Hat, virtualization plays a crucial role in supporting innovation, with 90 percent of organizations acknowledging its significance. With 71 percent of enterprises having over half of their IT infrastructure virtualized, the need for efficient backup methods in growing virtualized environments becomes essential. Traditional backup approaches that involve scanning full VM disks can result in longer backup windows, unpredictable recovery timelines, and heightened operational risks. To address these challenges, enterprises transitioning to and expanding Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization require block-level change tracking for efficient backup and recovery, ensuring cost-effective storage management as environments scale.
Dallas Olson, Chief Commercial Officer at NetApp, emphasized the importance of predictable backup and recovery processes in large-scale VM and container environments. The latest innovations from NetApp in collaboration with Red Hat aim to deliver enhanced speed, predictability, and operational confidence to customers managing virtualized environments on Red Hat OpenShift.
The partnership between NetApp and Red Hat focuses on providing hybrid and multicloud consistency, enabling seamless application and data movement across on-premises and public cloud environments. By offering a mature, enterprise-ready Kubernetes stack, the collaboration aims to empower customers to build resilient and scalable virtualized environments. The joint efforts of NetApp and Red Hat aim to modernize data protection and disaster recovery for Red Hat OpenShift, ensuring more predictable outcomes and a robust foundation for hybrid cloud deployments.
Steve Gordon, Senior Director, Product Management, Hybrid Cloud Platforms at Red Hat, highlighted the challenges faced by enterprises in managing the scale and complexity of virtualized environments. The collaboration between NetApp and Red Hat addresses these challenges by providing solutions that cater to the evolving needs of enterprise virtualized environments, offering predictability and efficiency in data protection and disaster recovery for Red Hat OpenShift.
To learn more about the collaboration between NetApp and Red Hat, interested individuals can visit the NetApp booth #538 at Red Hat Summit 2026, scheduled from May 11-14 in Atlanta, GA. The ongoing efforts of NetApp and Red Hat aim to empower organizations to leverage advanced data management capabilities for enhanced resilience and scalability in virtualized environments, facilitating innovation and agility in the AI-driven era.