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."The biggest advantage of Azure File Storage vis-à-vis other public cloud storage providers, and why we recommend Azure first and foremost, is that many of our customers have partnerships with Microsoft and so they have access to better cloud economics. Compared to AWS, we have found that (from a customer perspective) Azure is much more competitive."
"The solution can scale to fit any requirement."
"The solution is user-friendly and integrates easily with web apps."
"The immutable storage features are valuable."
"The storage in this solution is excellent."
"Its most valuable features are speed and security."
"First of all, the solution is very secure. Secondly, the solution is very fast. It is reliable and available all the time."
"It helps us with geo-redundancy."
"The scalability, ease of use, and technical support are the most valuable features of Nutanix Unified Storage."
"We have been able to save local disk space by using Data Lens. We upload 18 GB to the cloud and are able to save 20% to 25%."
"The most important point is the simplicity of the API integration. We can leverage the API integrations and connect our hybrid-cloud network environment with Nutanix's cloud storage."
"Nutanix's analytics provide better insights into all of our files."
"Nutanix Unified Storage is easy to use. New employees are able to come up to speed fairly quickly with regard to the day-to-day administration processes."
"The real-time alerts generated by this system enable us to swiftly address and mitigate such threats."
"Nutanix Volumes is a perfectly stable product."
"The most valuable feature is the unified dashboard, as it allows us to easily observe everything from a single location."
"Sometimes it takes very long to refresh the information."
"I have had issues migrating my data to another subscription."
"One thing that Azure File Storage could help us with is some kind of impact assessment. When we talk to some of our larger customers who have between 500 and 1,000 applications, we normally do an assessment of all these applications and then tell them which ones are ready to be lifted and shifted, and which ones need to re-architected. It would really help if Azure File Storage could come up with a better way to give estimations of the total investment required, including all costs incurred during the migration."
"The initial setup is complex. Unless you have done it a few times it, it is going to be hard."
"The security could always be modernized."
"There is room for improvement in helping customers understand and integrate Azure File Storage into their operations."
"The product’s pricing 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."
"The solution is very expensive."
"The GUI is not user-friendly for new users and has room for improvement."
"The management is pretty clunky, in my opinion. It could be a little bit better."
"Customer service is more difficult to call and they do not responding as much as, for example, DataCore. It's not the same level of satisfaction compared to DataCore. Responses could be faster."
"The interface could be improved."
"Improving quota policies would be advantageous, particularly by offering the option to implement blocking instead of just issuing warnings."
"I would like to see the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. That could definitely be a major breakthrough in providing a unified, seamless experience for end-users. It could reduce costs as well as human effort."
"With all of the Nutanix equipment, the licensing is expensive. We operate in the enterprise space, but we're a midsized company. At times, the price tag is a little bit shocking for a company with only 35 employees."
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 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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