I have a hunch that storage could be now the most expensive portion of our monthly bill. So I can imagine that, not this year, but next year we will be talking about looking deeper into ways how we can optimize the cost. However, I'm pretty sure with NetApp we nailed the cost thing by literally provisioning only what we need.

The pricing definitely needs to be improved.

There are a few areas where Azure NetApp Files could see improvements. Firstly, the deployment process is somewhat complex compared to other storage solutions. Simplifying it would make it more user-friendly and accessible for users. Additionally, the availability of Azure NetApp Files is limited to specific regions, and expanding its provision to more regions would be beneficial. Lastly, enhancing the disaster recovery options by supporting cross-region deployment and ensuring data redundancy, like Azure Files, would provide added security and peace of mind for users. 

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 it up.

They could probably improve the versioning and other advanced features. The replication is not available in all the Azure Availability Zones.

Reserved Instances for Azure NetApp Files would improve more use cases, making them more valuable in Azure as the cost would be reduced. 

They should remove the whitelisting right now. You still have to whitelist customers, subscriptions, etc. 

We would like to see more paired regions for the replication.

We were looking for a clustered solution that has over-complicated things because we had it in AWS, which is Amazon. There was a solution for clustered NetApp. That meant there would be two NetApps that were not clustered because there was no solution for a cluster. We would like there to be an HA cluster solution.

This solution would be improved with more innovation.

We would like to be able to replicate data to different regions as soon as possible.

The data protection piece is missing.

We would like to have backup functionality built-in so that we don't run into the issue where the replication process makes a copy of the corrupted data.

Technical support needs to be improved.

I would like to see multi-zone redundancy so that I don't have to worry about it. I just back up my data to that one SMB share and I know that it's replicated to a different region.

The main hurdle in promoting this solution is the price. Its price definitely requires an improvement. It is more expensive than other options, so customers go for a cheaper option.

Azure NetApp Files could improve by being more diverse to integrate better with other solutions, such as Splunk and the on-premise version. There are some use cases that are not covered natively by Azure. It is not the best solution because it is not external from the cloud which for me is the best type of solution.

The solution could be easy to use and the security could be better.