Azure NetApp Files Reviews

DayaKadam

Storage Engineer at Walgreen Co.

Oct 30 2019

Fast to deploy, easy to maintain, and provides better performance

What is most valuable?

* You can scale. * The response time is very good on Azure NetApp Files.This is important because it solves the problem where we can export our Unix NFS shares with Windows as well as our UNIX… more»

How has it helped my organization?

Azure has their native tools. We use the server tools to monitor the response time and availability of the shares.

What needs improvement?

We would like for the files which are coming in that we can version them. So, if a file is accidentally deleted, there should have a recycle bin option where we can go back, and at least once, clean… more»

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

Our management made a decision that we had to move into the cloud. They went into a agreement with Microsoft that they would like to reduce their on-prem data center infrastructure and move as many… more»

What other advice do I have?

The solution is solid. It works as designed. You get better performance and it is easy to use. It's a solid product. We are using the same applications and not doing anything new. However, we are… more»

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We are working with the NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. One issue with that is you can use single node. It doesn't have redundancy right now. That is something we are a bit concerned with. So, we are… more»

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What is Azure NetApp Files?

Extreme File Performance
Azure NetApp Files allows you to target any of your business-critical file workloads with extreme file throughput with sub-millisecond response times.With three service levels you can change on-the-fly, you get the performance that’s best suited to the application.

Simple, Seamless Experience
A seamless Azure experience for your file services workloads. You can deploy and manage Azure NetApp Files directory from the Azure Portal or automate using the Azure API or CLI integration.

Secure Your Data
Built-in capabilities ensure your data is protected at all times in Azure: from always-on encryption to point-in-time data copies (without added capacity costs). And with Microsoft‘s world class support, you can rest assured that you‘re in good hands with Azure.