"The most valuable feature is that it requires less utilization of space, compared to storing directly to the database of the system. It offers a unique way of doing things."
"The solution has low latency."
"The solution gives us the ability to move large amounts of data to the cloud and it gives us on-premises connectivity. Additionally, the storage can be shared from the cloud to on-premise."
"It's a cloud storage solution, which makes it quite flexible. If you have one terabyte today and need ten tomorrow, it's not a problem."
"The stability is probably the most valuable aspect of the product."
"AWS Storage Gateway is used when there's a high requirement for storage and the company has their goal to move to the cloud and they are not comfortable having it in the data centers. They want the data to move to the cloud. We propose storage services that give them flexibility. They don't have to manage their data centers by themselves because it is being managed by Amazon or Microsoft. They do not have to worry about security and vulnerability issues. That is a strategy that companies can find value in and choose a cloud service."
"AWS Storage Gateway has durability."
"AWS Storage Gateway's best feature is its secure storage."
"Its most valuable features are the collaboration, the file snapshots, and the data protection the solution provides."
"We've had issues with bandwidth in the past, and we don't know where the bottlenecks are. We're not sure if it's on the AWS side or with the clients or the configuration in between. There's no visibility."
"AWS Storage Gateway could improve by having different kinds of storage. For example, allowing all kinds of data, whether it's images or structure, not structure data. This would be great."
"AWS Storage Gateway's cost can be an issue."
"The solution's setup is not easy and takes time to complete."
"I cannot say it's perfect."
"Initial setup could be simplified and that would make the user experience better."
"Its interface could be easier to use."
"The security could improve in the solution."
"It should be easy for people not on the network to connect and access their files."
AWS Storage Gateway is ranked 2nd in Cloud Storage Gateways with 11 reviews while Panzura is ranked 3rd in Cloud Storage Gateways with 1 review. AWS Storage Gateway is rated 8.0, while Panzura is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of AWS Storage Gateway writes "Beneficial flexibility, secure, and little maintenance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Panzura writes "File collaboration and data protection are its strong points, but it needs to improve remote access". AWS Storage Gateway is most compared with Nasuni, NetApp Cloud Backup, StorSimple, Avere and Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere Edge, whereas Panzura is most compared with Nasuni, CTERA Cloud Backup, Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Veeam Backup & Replication and Azure NetApp Files.
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