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We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 Glacier, Google Cloud Storage Nearline, and Microsoft Azure File Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The product is easy to use.""The solution’s storage management is good and dynamic. The product is highly stable. The solution is highly scalable. The customer service and support is good. The initial setup is straightforward. I recommend the solution.""Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.""Amazon S3 Glacier is an easy-to-use solution.""I like the price. If you compare Glacier to others, the prices in terms of what you store beyond retention are much lower.""AWS Lambda is the most valuable part of the solution because it gives you a code interface for everything.""Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly stable solution.""Data retrieval, security, compliance, and storage archiving are the most valuable features of Amazon S3 Glacier."

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"Google is always introducing new features and tends to have a new release every month.""Nearline is highly stable.""It can isolate files and stop them from corrupting other files.""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.""I find the flexibility in storing documents or data and the ease of retrieval valuable with this solution.""It provides the necessary support and flexibility to manage data storage effectively, especially during times of variable data flow.""The data structure and the types of data that are supported are very good.""The capacity and space on offer are excellent."

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"The product is a reliable cloud solution.""The tool offers a secure way to access storage. You can also easily share the files securely across Azure.""The most valuable aspect of Azure File Storage is that all the features are available in one place.""My client had zero data loss while using the solution for backups and file security.""It is a good service for file storage.""The solution is easy to use.""It is a scalable product since it is a cloud solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.""The initial setup is fairly easy."

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Cons
"The response times could be faster. When you are with Amazon and use Glacier, you expect a response time between four to seven hours to retrieve the data.""Amazon S3 Glacier is a cheaper tool if you're running it on-prem, but it is expensive if deployed on the cloud.""The solution's cost optimization could be improved.""The product’s pricing must be improved.""The pricing is a bit expensive. There is room for improvement in costs.""They should increase the data limit for the free version or reduce the price.""The technical support has room for improvement.""The solution’s deployment process is complex and could be improved."

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"They need a better, more visual, user interface for folders and files.""They should provide more options or flexibility in terms of pricing.""The interface for managing file storage in the buckets could be improved.""The suggestion for improvement primarily revolves around cost efficiency.""Nearline security could be better. The solution could integrate better with SEIM tools.""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.""The pricing is quite high.""The UI could be a little bit more effective."

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"Importing and exporting data needs to have a bit more documentation.""The way retention policies are applied could be more optimized.""If the file is large, there may be a delay in download time.""The solution is not user-friendly.""Azure File Storage's stability is okay, but sometimes we have trouble with the link to the Azure VPN disconnecting.""Microsoft Azure File Storage should improve its pricing.""Maybe Microsoft can make it more economical because it is a costly affair.""They can improve the ability to assign permissions to different groups or users."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is much cheaper than competing products."
  • "There is no license, you pay for what you use."
  • "The solution is cost-effective."
  • "The product is cheap."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is expensive."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is a cost-effective solution for archiving."
  • "The pricing must be improved."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is very cheap, but the cost becomes a concern when you have a very large amount of data."
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  • "Right now, for the number of servers and the storage that I have, I would say I'm charged between $125 and $150 per month."
  • "Google Cloud Storage Nearline is very inexpensive. It costs us less than $50 a month to store our files. We use approximately 10 terabytes. Overall, I would rate the product a five out of five for affordability."
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  • "For one terabyte of data, we are spending about 150 Euro every month."
  • "One of the major benefits for AWS is that they have a very large customer representative base where clients can be picked from, they offer large discounts and credit. We were not able to receive the same kind of offers from Microsoft Azure File Storage. We tried to approach Azure while hiring for our disaster recovery discussion, but we didn't receive anything from Azure."
  • "The price is comparable to other competitive solutions."
  • "There are fewer hidden costs involved compared to other solutions, and when our customer is already a Microsoft partner, they typically have access to more affordable fees."
  • "Microsoft Azure File Storage has a reasonable price."
  • "I give the pricing of the solution a seven out of ten."
  • "One needs to pay according to the storage they plan to use in the solution. The payments are to be made yearly. It is usually monthly, but we opted for yearly subscriptions in our company."
  • "Microsoft Azure File Storage is expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon's S3 Glacier or Elastic Block Store data storage… more »
    Top Answer:I like creating buckets where data can be segregated at a high level and then routing the appropriate data to each… more »
    Top Answer:I believe the usage reporting could be simplified, particularly for billing purposes. Overall, I find Amazon S3… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Nearline is the access. It's helpful to move data that is generated once a month, such as… more »
    Top Answer:The pricing of the different storage classes is hard to compare. The higher the zone, the higher the price. The… more »
    Top Answer:The UI could be a little bit more effective. Now, the UI is just a white background, but it's really helpful if there… more »
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    Also Known As
    Amazon Glacier
    MS Azure File Storage
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    Overview

    Amazon Glacier is a secure, durable, and extremely low-cost cloud storage service for data archiving and long-term backup. Customers can reliably store large or small amounts of data for as little as $0.007 per gigabyte per month, a significant savings compared to on-premises solutions. To keep costs low, Amazon Glacier is optimized for infrequently accessed data where a retrieval time of several hours is suitable.

    A low-cost, highly-durable and highly available storage service for infrequently accessed data, data archiving, online backup and disaster recovery. Data is available instantly, not within hours or days. With sub-second average response times and 1 cent per GB/month pricing, Cloud Storage Nearline gives you terrific performance at a low cost.

    Fully managed file shares that use the standard SMB 3.0 protocol

    Key scenarios:

    • Share data across on-premises and cloud servers
    • Migrate file share-based applications to the cloud with no code changes
    • Integrate modern applications with File storage
    • Simplify hosting for high availability workload data
    Sample Customers
    King Cpunty, Illumina, Backupify, Nearmap.com, Scribd, Baylor College of Medicine, SoundCloud
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    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company42%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Recruiting/Hr Firm8%
    Integrator4%
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    Educational Organization29%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Comms Service Provider6%
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    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    University7%
    Educational Organization6%
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    Financial Services Firm19%
    Construction Company19%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business58%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise26%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise37%
    Large Enterprise44%
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    Small Business63%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise25%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise63%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business41%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise41%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise63%
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