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Provides APIs for everything and has good protection through encryption
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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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    What do you like most about Google Cloud Storage Nearline?
    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 salary information, to Nearline.
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    Top Answer:The pricing of the different storage classes is hard to compare. The higher the zone, the higher the price. The advantage is that you can access the data frequently, and the speed of the response is… more »
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    What needs improvement with Google Cloud Storage Nearline?
    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 are options to change the theme. I prefer that.
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    Overview

    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.

    Cloud Files provides online object storage for files and media, delivering them globally at blazing speeds over a worldwide content delivery network (CDN). You can store as many files as you want—even very large files.

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    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm9%
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    Educational Organization6%
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    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise25%
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    Google Cloud Storage Nearline is ranked 13th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 8 reviews while Rackspace Cloud Files is ranked 24th in Public Cloud Storage Services. Google Cloud Storage Nearline is rated 8.2, while Rackspace Cloud Files is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Storage Nearline writes "Provides APIs for everything and has good protection through encryption". On the other hand, Google Cloud Storage Nearline is most compared with Amazon S3 Glacier, Amazon S3, Wasabi, Microsoft Azure File Storage and Microsoft Azure Block Storage, whereas Rackspace Cloud Files is most compared with Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage.

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