We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Storage Nearline and Microsoft Azure Block 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 data structure and the types of data that are supported are very good."
"Nearline is highly stable."
"The capacity and space on offer are excellent."
"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."
"Google is always introducing new features and tends to have a new release every month."
"It's easy to deploy, easy to scale up, and pay-as-you-go."
"The price is decent. I rate Azure Block Storage eight out of 10 for affordability."
"The setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Block Storage are flexibility and the possibility to trigger actions."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is the backing up of files."
"The product offers hierarchical storage and we like the main space storage with business."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage has the same features as other solutions, but I like that its implementation process is straightforward."
"It has capabilities such as versioning and, from a security point of view, you can also back it up."
"They should provide more options or flexibility in terms of pricing."
"The pricing is quite high."
"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."
"They need a better, more visual, user interface for folders and files."
"The suggestion for improvement primarily revolves around cost efficiency."
"The interface for managing file storage in the buckets could be improved."
"The UI could be a little bit more effective."
"Nearline security could be better. The solution could integrate better with SEIM tools."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage can improve the configuration to be more user-friendly."
"One thing that needs improvement is authentication. They need to improve the integrated Azure Active Directory for the enterprise level. For single sign-on, we can try any authentication or portal for Block Azure Function AKS. For example, if you're an administrator or user contributor, you will generate a token, then your internal middleware connects to any Azure Cloud service. You need to generate different credentials for each service. We cannot use the same token."
"I encountered a challenge where certain metadata was located on a secured network that could only be accessed through a VPN. As there was no direct connector available to reach the private networks that require VPN access, we had to rely on manual effort to access the data. This could potentially be addressed as an area of improvement, especially with regard to accessibility issues where data is only accessible through a VPN connection."
"Uploading of data could be improved. Currently, the only way you can upload your data is by using their storage explorer. You need to use a command line to do that. Then, maybe you can go online and you can use their explorer to check to see if it's there. If they had a third-party application to handle the upload, it would be better. Many people aren't familiar with command lines for uploading data. It makes it more difficult for many users."
"The cache issue needs to be addressed to ensure that the correct file is downloaded, especially when it's done manually into the local storage."
"The user interface is very difficult."
"In terms of improvement, it could use better integration with non-propriety tools. Azure pushes you down a data factory road for integrations but data factory isn't always a scalable, viable solution, particularly when using large numbers ofconnections to IoT solutions."
"Licensing costs are pretty high."
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Google Cloud Storage Nearline is ranked 13th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 8 reviews while Microsoft Azure Block Storage is ranked 8th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 52 reviews. Google Cloud Storage Nearline is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Azure Block Storage is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Storage Nearline writes "Provides APIs for everything and has good protection through encryption". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Block Storage writes "Straightforward to set up and reliable with good features on offer". Google Cloud Storage Nearline is most compared with Amazon S3 Glacier, Amazon S3, Wasabi, Microsoft Azure File Storage and Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), whereas Microsoft Azure Block Storage is most compared with Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), Rackspace Cloud Block Storage, Amazon S3 Glacier, Wasabi and Zadara. See our Google Cloud Storage Nearline vs. Microsoft Azure Block Storage report.
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