We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure Block Storage and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Public Cloud Storage Services solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is its performance."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"The tool is most valuable for scenarios involving logs and monitoring. For example, logs are generated when using services like Front Door."
"The setup is straightforward."
"RBAC, access control, soft delete, hard delete, and cool and hot storage tiers are some of the features I have found valuable in Azure Block storage."
"This is a very robust and flexible solution."
"Data is securely stored."
"The solution has introduced cool-tier storage that allows us to store and save data."
"The most valuable feature is its exceptional performance and storage efficiency."
"The initial setup was straightforward. We started with a small pilot and we then moved to production with no downtime at all."
"The stability has been really good."
"One of the features our customers like is that it can be used from one cloud provider to another. They can use it from Azure to AWS or vice versa. That way, they don't need to use the same provider for backups. If something goes wrong on the primary site, having the same data in another cloud service provider is important."
"Its scalability is very good."
"Its functionality and technical support are adequate to help prevent failure due to errors."
"CVO gives us the ability to access data as quickly as possible, which is critical because of the mission set we handle. Some things cannot wait. For example, we tried having the data in the cloud itself, but it took too long for us to retrieve it from cold or deep storage. If we have it ONTAP or on-prem, it's so much easier to pull it within minutes."
"One thing I have noticed is that it is very simple to move the data where we need to move it, delete it, or archive it if we need to archive it to StorageGRID."
"The product is not as stable as we would like it to be."
"There is a drawback or limitation to the GRS storage feature because depending on the amount of data, it could take a lot of time."
"I would like for the next release to replace the CDN being used for content delivery, there is currently a rather long delay."
"It is also costly and not cheap compared to Internet-based networks."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage should improve its stability."
"I encountered a challenge where certain metadata was located on a secured network that could only be accessed through a VPN. As there was no direct connector available to reach the private networks that require VPN access, we had to rely on manual effort to access the data. This could potentially be addressed as an area of improvement, especially with regard to accessibility issues where data is only accessible through a VPN connection."
"One of the biggest challenges on Azure infrastructure is that sometimes we don't get what we want. Either we have to wait for it or contact support because something is not working for us... It's the system availability that is the difficult point."
"I have used Amazon's solutions which are better than Microsoft's. However, since I have predominately Microsoft solutions it is a better choice for me to use another Microsoft solution."
"The solution is not stable when using single nodes. This is a problem. NetApp should work on this solution to make it more stable with HA nodes and resolve this issue."
"The automated deployment was a bit complex using the public APIs. When we had to deploy Cloud Volumes ONTAP on a regular basis using automation, It could be a bit of a challenge."
"If they could include clustering together multiple physical Cloud Volumes ONTAP devices as an option, that could be helpful."
"I'm very happy with the solution, the only thing that needs improvement is the web services API. It could be a little bit more straightforward. That's my only issue with it. It can get pretty complex."
"I would like to see something from NetApp about backups. I know that NetApp offers some backup for Office 365, but I would like to see something from NetApp for more backup solutions."
"Cloud Volumes ONTAP's interface could use an overhaul. Sometimes you have to dig around in Cloud Manager a little bit to find certain things. The layout could be more intuitive."
"We have used technical support. As long as they don't call me at four o'clock in the morning to tell me that a drive failed and they are sending me another one, I like it. They have a tendency to do that."
"The data tiering needs improvement. E.g., moving hard data to faster disks."
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Microsoft Azure Block Storage is ranked 9th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 56 reviews while NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is ranked 5th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 60 reviews. Microsoft Azure Block Storage is rated 8.0, while NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Block Storage writes "A stable and widely accepted solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP writes "Its data tiering helps keep storage costs under control". Microsoft Azure Block Storage is most compared with Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), Rackspace Cloud Block Storage, Amazon S3 Glacier, Wasabi and Azure NetApp Files, whereas NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is most compared with Azure NetApp Files, Amazon S3, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Google Cloud Storage and Red Hat Ceph Storage. See our Microsoft Azure Block Storage vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP report.
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