We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure File Storage and Nutanix Unified Storage 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."Its simplicity of use is most valuable. It's easy to start working with it and understand it. It's easier to transfer files between different users. I'm able to move files from my device to my manager's device without any issues or without facing any problems in between."
"The security features and the ease of integration are good."
"I like that we can copy and download data using Azure. It's not just for file storage; we can also use it for large data sets or to host static web applications."
"The product is a reliable cloud solution."
"It's a stable product."
"The initial setup is straightforward and takes approximately twenty minutes."
"The storage in this solution is excellent."
"The best part is the accessibility to all the files."
"The most valuable features are the interface and support."
"I appreciate its storage licensing model, as it offers flexibility."
"The most valuable features of Nutanix Unified Storage are the unified dashboard and the ease of administration."
"I like Nutanix Prism Central. The primary benefit is that we can manage everything from the same page."
"What I like most about Nutanix Files Storage is the way it makes copies of the data. The solution also has high availability, which is excellent. Another valuable feature of Nutanix Files Storage is self-service, so users won't have to depend on the IT team much."
"We can utilize mixed storage block-sized objects and combine various databases within a unified interface."
"Nutanix's analytics provide better insights into all of our files."
"Currently, the most valuable aspect of our Nutanix implementation is its file storage functionality."
"The pricing could be improved. They need to make the costs more transparent so users know what they will be charged and why ahead of time."
"It's not very intuitive."
"It would be helpful if we could remove data that we don't frequently access to reduce the cost of the storage."
"The integration of the site storage with SQL was not completely seamless."
"Some of the procedures are a bit more complex in Azure than in other providers."
"The pricing and technical support could be better."
"Microsoft Azure File Storage needs more integrations. In the future, I also want to see GRC added to the portal. If you enroll or sign up for Azure services, your country may not have GRC available in the portal, so you may have to choose a strange country, for example, Kenya, to activate credit."
"Sometimes it takes very long to refresh the information."
"We have some problems with Nutanix Unified Storage's support because they asked us to change our hardware."
"Improving quota policies would be advantageous, particularly by offering the option to implement blocking instead of just issuing warnings."
"The solution is very expensive."
"The GUI is easy to use, but it's complex to do tasks from the command line. That is one way they could simplify things for the engineers. People tend to use a graphical interface more than the command line interface. If anything goes wrong, we need to do troubleshooting from the CLI. It would be nice if there were more ways to fix issues within the GUI."
"The interface could be improved."
"Security is an area for improvement. When there are vulnerabilities, there needs to be a faster approval process. The solution needs to automatically target the vulnerabilities and not waste too much time."
"The documentation on the support site needs to be improved."
"The graphical user interface could provide more detail. It would be nice if we could click on the service and get some expanded definitions of them. When hiring new people, it's difficult to teach them how everything works, but if they can access everything, they can teach themselves."
Microsoft Azure File Storage is ranked 3rd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 44 reviews while Nutanix Unified Storage is ranked 6th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 39 reviews. Microsoft Azure File Storage is rated 8.2, while Nutanix Unified Storage is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure File Storage writes "Various storage options available, high availability, and quick deployment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Unified Storage writes "Provides good performance, longer uptime, and an easy way to manage our data". Microsoft Azure File Storage is most compared with Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Azure NetApp Files, Wasabi, Amazon S3 Glacier and Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), whereas Nutanix Unified Storage is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Red Hat Ceph Storage, MinIO, Dell ECS and Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct. See our Microsoft Azure File Storage vs. Nutanix Unified Storage report.
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