It provides a single, unified management platform visualization view for containerized applications, offering deep insights into related resources created on Kubernetes clusters. You can view the health and protection status of your applications and clusters from a comprehensive dashboard.
| Feature | Astra Control Panel | Velero (Open Source) | Cloud Native Snapshots | Portworx Backup | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Yes (Native) | No (Requires plugins) | Yes (Cloud Console only) | Yes | | Application Awareness | Deep (K8s Objects + Data) | Moderate (Annotations required) | Low (Volume only) | High | | Cross-Cloud Recovery | Native | Yes (Complex config) | No (Vendor locked) | Yes | | Price Model | Based on cluster/backend | Free (S3 costs apply) | Included in storage cost | Per core/GB | | Ease of Use | 9/10 | 5/10 | 7/10 | 8/10 | astra control panel
NetApp’s open-source storage orchestrator that provisions and manages backend storage volumes. A lightweight pod deployed inside managed target clusters
A lightweight pod deployed inside managed target clusters to handle local orchestration. This allows platform teams to integrate data protection
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ASTRA CONTROL PANEL | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | v v v +---------------+ +---------------+ +---------------+ | Application | | Automated | | Disaster | | Aware Backup | | Cloning | | Recovery | +---------------+ +---------------+ +---------------+ Application-Aware Data Protection
The panel is organized into logical workflows to assist with infrastructure and management tasks: Learn about Astra Control - NetApp Docs
While the GUI is elegant, the true power of the Astra Control Panel lies in its . Every single action available in the UI is available via a curl command or a Terraform provider. This allows platform teams to integrate data protection directly into their CI/CD pipelines.