We performed a comparison between AWS Snowball and Nasuni based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Migration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of AWS Snowball for me are its security measures and its flexibility."
"It's a nice way of shipping a lot of data without using a network."
"The way the data is moved is very clever. Also, the interface is very simple and user-friendly."
"You are able to scale the solution vertically. It's very scalable."
"Its dependability and auditing capabilities are very important to us to be able to maintain a chain of custody of the information."
"The disaster recovery capabilities are very easy because their virtual appliances are just like OVFs or images. You put in a code and it collects all the configuration from the cloud and then builds up the cache. But that doesn't preclude the device from easily being restored or recovered at short notice."
"I can see who is logging in on files from all over the globe. For example, if a file is locked, maybe a user in Shanghai has locked files or something, I can see that from the Management Console, then unlock the file."
"Another helpful feature, in addition to restoring a file that was deleted within 24 to 48 hours, is that we have the ability to restore a file or a folder that was deleted, going all the way back to the inception of that file or folder. That means we actually have unlimited backups to the inception point of data with Nasuni."
"The most important feature is that things are backed up automatically in AWS. We have a lot of remote sites where there is a tiny server onsite and, in a lot of cases, we really don't have to back them up because the data is automatically copied to AWS. The cloud replication is the most useful functionality for us."
"The most valuable feature is the simplicity of the backup and restore functions."
"We use Nasuni's continuous file versioning feature and it fully protects us. With the ability to version files and have continuous recovery, it helps in terms of resiliency. If we have an incident then we would be able to easily recover from it by using the technology."
"Continuous File Versioning is one of the best features because it helps you to restore at any point in time. That means you don't have to worry about a ransomware attack. Even if that attack happens, you can restore all the data to five minutes ago and save everything."
"The stability of the solution isn't ideal and should be improved."
"I think AWS Snowball could improve by expanding its availability to more countries."
"It would be helpful if Snowball provided more kinds of connectivity. That will make it easier to add and move data."
"It's not an easy product to start using for a beginner, but If you're a professional, it's easy to understand."
"Its interface design or the graphic user interface design can be slightly tweaked in some areas. Some built-in setup wizards would be very beneficial. Rather than having to go in and configure it by hand, there should be more setup wizards for onboarding new data shares and getting it set up the way you want. I don't know if these are on their roadmap, but I sat down and talked to them about some of the work concerns, some of the things that we liked, and some of the things that we didn't like. They are probably working on that."
"The only thing that I'd like to see is more support for platforms like OneDrive or Box.com."
"The customer portal could be improved, but it has been a while since I've used it. They might already have improved it."
"I would like to see improvement in the training Nasuni provides. Compared to some of the other vendors out there, like Microsoft, where you can find how-to videos, Nasuni only has a lot of PDF documents that you have to go hunting for. It's workable, it certainly isn't a problem, but video walkthroughs would always be helpful."
"When we first set up our bandwidth limiting, we had a few problems when it came to managing it. This is something that could be made easier; however, we were able to make the changes that we needed to for our environment."
"The privilege settings need to be more granular, and alerts are an excellent example. If a user doesn't have access to them, they can't see them and access information such as what they may have done wrong, what's there, and when the last sync happened. However, the ability to view alerts also comes with permission to delete them, which is not good, so we need more customization options here."
"Some of their cross-platform features are really good, but it could always use more."
"The only issue we face with Nasuni is from the performance perspective. Sometimes, when we deploy a Nasuni device, it doesn't meet our requirements. It's a capacity-planning issue."
AWS Snowball is ranked 12th in Cloud Migration with 5 reviews while Nasuni is ranked 4th in Cloud Migration with 35 reviews. AWS Snowball is rated 9.0, while Nasuni is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of AWS Snowball writes "Excellent for handling large-scale data transfers". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nasuni writes "We have less downtime and fewer trouble tickets from users who cannot access their shared files". AWS Snowball is most compared with Microsoft Azure Data Box, Google Transfer Appliance, IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration, Palantir Foundry and AWS Snowball Edge, whereas Nasuni is most compared with WekaFS, Panzura, CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform, Qumulo and Azure NetApp Files. See our AWS Snowball vs. Nasuni report.
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