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Google Transfer Appliance

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Microsoft Azure Data Box

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The documentation, setup, and use of the solution are straightforward
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  • "This is a pay-as-you-go solution, where you pay for the amount of storage space that you are using."
  • "On a scale of one to five, with one being not good and five being competitive, I would rate this solution as a four."
  • "The pricing is based on the size of the appliance needed to store the data."
  • "The product’s pricing is normal for enterprises but higher for SMBs."

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    Also Known As
    Azure Data Box, MS Azure Data Box
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    Overview

    Transfer Appliance is a hardware appliance you can use to securely migrate large volumes of data (from hundreds of terabytes up to 1 petabyte) to Google Cloud Platform without disrupting business operations.

    The Azure Data Box service lets you transfer terabytes of data into Azure in a quick, inexpensive, and reliable manner. Microsoft accelerates the secure data transfer by shipping you disks and handling the end-to-end logistics.

    Transfer large amounts of data to Azure in 4 easy steps – order, receive, copy data to disks, and return disks to Azure. After the disks are received, data is ingested into Azure and disks are securely wiped.

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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Government6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government10%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise67%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business63%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise25%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise69%

    Google Transfer Appliance is ranked 4th in Data Migration Appliances while Microsoft Azure Data Box is ranked 1st in Data Migration Appliances with 8 reviews. Google Transfer Appliance is rated 0.0, while Microsoft Azure Data Box is rated 8.6. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Data Box writes "Efficiently handles heavy incoming traffic and maintains stable operations without crashing the application ". Google Transfer Appliance is most compared with AWS Snowball, whereas Microsoft Azure Data Box is most compared with AWS Snowball, Palantir Foundry, AWS Snowball Edge and IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration.

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