In today's distributed enterprise, data proximity is performance. NetApp FlexCache is a native ONTAP caching technology that creates read-optimized volumes closer to where users and workloads actually live — whether that's a remote office, edge site, or cloud region — without replicating the full dataset. The result is dramatically reduced latency, lower WAN bandwidth consumption, and a seamless experience for end users who never know the data isn't local. For customers struggling with slow file access across geographically dispersed locations, or trying to accelerate high-performance compute workloads without the cost of full data duplication, FlexCache delivers enterprise-grade performance where it's needed most — at a fraction of the infrastructure overhead.