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We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 Glacier and Azure NetApp Files 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Amazon S3 Glacier vs. Azure NetApp Files Report (Updated: March 2024).
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The data archive feature is valuable.""We save money with the product.""Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly stable solution.""The reliability of storage is the main benefit.""Amazon S3 Glacier is a scalable and easy-to-manage solution with good read-write capability.""I find Amazon S3 Glacier valuable for storing various documents like purchase orders, standard documents, and drawings.""The main advantage of Glacier is its low cost. It is incredibly cheaper than other storage options, especially for objects you don't access frequently. Glacier would add value if you have a staging area for objects you only need to access occasionally. Since we have data in terabytes between S3 buckets, we can significantly reduce our storage and cost footprint by using Glacier.""AWS does support the ability for user controlled movement of data between regions for business continuance (BC), high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR)."

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"The critical features of this solution are SnapMirror for replication, data protection, and SnapLock.""Its security and ease of use are most valuable.""The most valuable features of the solution is replication to another region and the performance. The solution is stable. The solution is scalable. The initial setup is straightforward.""You can change it non-disruptively. You can increase the size and decrease the size online, which is a huge benefit compared to Azure disks. It just works seamlessly. You don't need to stop the instances.""It's elastic, so it scales with our demands. We can start small, then with the addition of customer loads, we can expand on-the-fly without the need to reprovision something.""Azure NetApp Files has been stable.""It has saved a lot of time. Because in the older, conventional hardware system, they need to raise a ticket to go to storage engineering, then storage engineering would increased the size. Now, it's dynamic. You don't have to do anything. This improved the time by more than 50 percent.""The most valuable feature of this solution is its flexibility."

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Cons
"Although Amazon S3 Glacier is cheap, its data retrieval cost is very high compared to other solutions.""The solution's dashboard is a bit complicated and could be improved.""They can improve data discovery.""The product needs to improve cloud security.""They should increase the data limit for the free version or reduce the price.""Amazon S3 Glacier's data retrieval time is slow compared to other AWS storage services and should be improved.""The tool could be made cheaper.""The stability must be improved."

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"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.""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.""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.""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 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.""This solution would be improved with more innovation.""The pricing definitely needs to be improved.""The deployment process is somewhat complex compared to other storage solutions."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is much cheaper than competing products."
  • "There is no license, you pay for what you use."
  • "The solution is cost-effective."
  • "The product is cheap."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is expensive."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is a cost-effective solution for archiving."
  • "The pricing must be improved."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is very cheap, but the cost becomes a concern when you have a very large amount of data."
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  • "The solution’s combination of the ease of use, simplicity, and reduction in IT management versus the cost has helped a lot. It is very fast to deploy. It's very easy to maintain. You don't have to do a lot in the cloud to maintain this thing, so it gives good performance. It's fast to deploy, easy to maintain, and it gives a better performance. These are the most basic three criteria for any application. This saves cost because the manpower you need to deploy is going down. You're getting better performance and not buying new resources. You have resources available in the cloud. It's just a couple of clicks, then you're good to go."
  • "The performance has improved by about 30 percent."
  • "The licensing fees for this solution vary, ranging from a single shelf to a full suite."
  • "Our pricing has not been determined because we are still waiting on additional features."
  • "It is expensive in small environments, which could be better. The reason is the four terabyte minimum. A one terabyte minimum would be better."
  • "We are currently on a pay-as-you-go model with the storage that we use."
  • "Its price is double the price of the premium disks, which is the main reason why customers don't go for this solution in the end."
  • "The price of Azure NetApp Files could be better."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon's S3 Glacier or Elastic Block Store data storage software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Amazon's S3 Glacier, which… more »
    Top Answer:Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly scalable and available solution.
    Top Answer:The solution's cloud storage is very expensive, and users may not be able to afford cloud storage.
    Top Answer:Azure NetApp Files is a Microsoft Azure file storage service built on NetApp technology. The platform combines the file capabilities of Azure and NetApp to move critical file-based applications to the… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of the solution is replication to another region and the performance. The solution is stable. The solution is scalable. The initial setup is straightforward.
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    Also Known As
    Amazon Glacier
    NetApp ANF, ANF
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    Overview

    Amazon Glacier is a secure, durable, and extremely low-cost cloud storage service for data archiving and long-term backup. Customers can reliably store large or small amounts of data for as little as $0.007 per gigabyte per month, a significant savings compared to on-premises solutions. To keep costs low, Amazon Glacier is optimized for infrequently accessed data where a retrieval time of several hours is suitable.

    Extreme File Performance
    Azure NetApp Files allows you to target any of your business-critical file workloads with extreme file throughput with sub-millisecond response times.With three service levels you can change on-the-fly, you get the performance that’s best suited to the application.

    Simple, Seamless Experience
    A seamless Azure experience for your file services workloads. You can deploy and manage Azure NetApp Files directory from the Azure Portal or automate using the Azure API or CLI integration.

    Secure Your Data
    Built-in capabilities ensure your data is protected at all times in Azure: from always-on encryption to point-in-time data copies (without added capacity costs). And with Microsoft‘s world class support, you can rest assured that you‘re in good hands with Azure.

    Offer
    Learn more about Amazon S3 Glacier
    Run your most demanding Linux and Windows file workloads in Azure

    Running performance-intensive and latency-sensitive file workloads in the cloud can be hard. Use Azure NetApp Files to migrate and run complex, file-based applications and simplify storage management.

    Sample Customers
    King Cpunty, Illumina, Backupify, Nearmap.com, Scribd, Baylor College of Medicine, SoundCloud
    SAP, Restaurant Magic
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company42%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Recruiting/Hr Firm8%
    Integrator4%
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    Educational Organization29%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Comms Service Provider6%
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    Computer Software Company30%
    Retailer20%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Government10%
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    Educational Organization26%
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Company Size
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    Small Business58%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise26%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise37%
    Large Enterprise44%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise34%
    Large Enterprise52%
    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon S3 Glacier vs. Azure NetApp Files
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon S3 Glacier vs. Azure NetApp Files and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 5th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 34 reviews while Azure NetApp Files is ranked 12th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 12 reviews. Amazon S3 Glacier is rated 8.6, while Azure NetApp Files is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 Glacier writes "A cost-effective solution to reduce storage and cost footprint". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Azure NetApp Files writes "We can expand our storage on-the-fly without the need to reprovision". Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Amazon S3 and Wasabi, whereas Azure NetApp Files is most compared with Microsoft Azure File Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Nasuni, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) and Google Cloud Storage. See our Amazon S3 Glacier vs. Azure NetApp Files report.

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