We performed a comparison between Panasas ActiveStor and Panzura based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Nasuni and others in NAS."We've found the product to be quite flexible."
"I am impressed with the tool's performance and bandwidth."
"The main thing in Panzura is that there are three key components: PanFS, NAS, and collaboration. These are strong features, and a big benefit is that you can access everything from anywhere."
"Its most valuable features are the collaboration, the file snapshots, and the data protection the solution provides."
"We have received complaints from customers that the tool is not easy to use. The tool's local technical service is slow. The solution is good for Linux customers and not for customers with other operating systems like Windows. The solution should provide storage without client software integration."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"It should be easy for people not on the network to connect and access their files."
"Master Snapshot feature is the only exceptional feature, but the rest of the features are similar to other storage solutions."
Panasas ActiveStor is ranked 14th in NAS with 2 reviews while Panzura is ranked 13th in NAS with 2 reviews. Panasas ActiveStor is rated 9.0, while Panzura is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Panasas ActiveStor writes "A stable solution with good performance and bandwidth". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Panzura writes "Offers features like Master Snapshot which are useful for recovering files and easy to use if you are familiar with familiar with NAS things and networking protocols". Panasas ActiveStor is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and NetApp FAS Series, whereas Panzura is most compared with Nasuni, CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform, Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon FSx and Azure NetApp Files.
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