# Run high-performance workloads with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
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Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is a storage service that allows you to launch and run fully managed ONTAP file systems in the cloud. ONTAP is NetApp’s file system technology that provides a widely adopted set of data access and data management capabilities. FSx for ONTAP provides the features, performance, and APIs of on-premises NetApp file systems with the agility, scalability, and simplicity of a fully managed AWS service. For more information, see the [FSx for ONTAP User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/fsx/latest/ONTAPGuide/what-is-fsx-ontap.html).

Amazon EVS supports the use of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP as an NFS/iSCSI datastore and as guest-connected storage for VMware virtual machines running on Amazon EVS.