We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Storage Nearline and Microsoft Azure Block 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."The most valuable feature of Nearline is the access. It's helpful to move data that is generated once a month, such as salary information, to Nearline."
"It can isolate files and stop them from corrupting other files."
"I find the flexibility in storing documents or data and the ease of retrieval valuable with this solution."
"The capacity and space on offer are excellent."
"The data structure and the types of data that are supported are very good."
"It provides the necessary support and flexibility to manage data storage effectively, especially during times of variable data flow."
"Nearline is highly stable."
"Google is always introducing new features and tends to have a new release every month."
"Data is securely stored."
"The initial setup is very simple and straightforward."
"The solution has introduced cool-tier storage that allows us to store and save data."
"The data lake is invaluable. We also use Microsoft SQL in terms of structuring the data and getting into a position where it could be useful to support reporting. We Databricks for data science. We incorporated Databricks with that as well."
"The tool is pretty easy to use."
"The tier feature in V2 is the most valuable feature of this solution. It enables you to move your storage from hot tier to cold tier into archive tier."
"One can easily scale with this program."
"You can easily access your data whenever you need it."
"The pricing is quite high."
"They should provide more options or flexibility in terms of pricing."
"The suggestion for improvement primarily revolves around cost efficiency."
"The solution needs to offer better System Information and Event Management (SEIM). I'd like to discover how we could implement something like that within Google's cloud."
"They need a better, more visual, user interface for folders and files."
"The interface for managing file storage in the buckets could be improved."
"Nearline security could be better. The solution could integrate better with SEIM tools."
"The UI could be a little bit more effective."
"The solution could have better archival policies and localization of data."
"If the documentation could be improved then it would be very good. Right now, if you face a question, you have to guess how it works or you have to test your hypothesis."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage should improve its stability."
"The implementation can be quite technical."
"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 needs a direct connection to visualization."
"The solution can be improved by including quicker hard drive access and larger bandwidth as part of the standard licensing fee."
"The security is poor, and the sharing model is confusing, conceptually. I'd prefer not to use it. I'd like a user-friendly web interface and a better security model."
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Google Cloud Storage Nearline is ranked 12th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 8 reviews while Microsoft Azure Block Storage is ranked 9th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 56 reviews. Google Cloud Storage Nearline is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Azure Block Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Storage Nearline writes "Provides APIs for everything and has good protection through encryption". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Block Storage writes "A stable and widely accepted solution". Google Cloud Storage Nearline is most compared with Amazon S3 Glacier, Amazon S3 and Wasabi, whereas 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. See our Google Cloud Storage Nearline vs. Microsoft Azure Block Storage report.
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