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Azure NetApp Files pros and cons

Vendor: NetApp
4.0 out of 5

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PROS

Azure NetApp Files is highly valued for its flexibility, allowing users to easily adjust storage options dynamically without downtime.
SnapMirror and SnapLock features enhance data protection and replication, offering reliable data security and management.
The scalability of Azure NetApp Files is seamless, allowing businesses to expand storage to meet growing demands without any service disruption.
Users appreciate the impressive performance capabilities, delivering high throughput at a reasonable cost.
The stability and reliability of Azure NetApp Files ensure continuity and peace of mind with efficient backups and quick data recovery.

CONS

Azure NetApp Files could benefit from the addition of a recycle bin feature for file recovery.
Cost optimization is a concern as storage expenses might become a leading financial factor.
Azure NetApp Files pricing is a significant barrier, with a need for cost reduction to compete with cheaper alternatives.
Improved integration with other services and solutions like Splunk would enhance versatility.
There is a need for a streamlined and straightforward deployment process compared to other storage solutions.
 

Azure NetApp Files Pros review quotes

RF
Solutions Architect at Champion Solutions Group
Oct 30, 2019
The most valuable feature of this solution is its flexibility.
DK
Storage Engineer at Walgreen Co.
Oct 30, 2019
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.
reviewer1223400 - PeerSpot reviewer
AVP at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Nov 19, 2019
The critical features of this solution are SnapMirror for replication, data protection, and SnapLock.
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MC
Senior Manager at Restaurant Magic
Nov 5, 2019
Using NetApp Files got us out of a really difficult situation quickly, effectively, and at a reasonable cost.
Vladislav Malicevic - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Feb 22, 2022
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.
CG
Service Architecture at All for One Group AG
Dec 15, 2020
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.
DH
Storage / Virtualisation & Infrastructure Contractor at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 16, 2021
Since we have NetApp's internally, we use the SnapMirror predominantly for this process in the cloud which is beneficial.
CT
Business Development Manager at ITQS
Dec 30, 2021
Its security and ease of use are most valuable.
reviewer1107846 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 18, 2022
Azure NetApp Files has been stable.
reviewer1487220 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Storage Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
May 2, 2022
This solution definitely makes us more efficient in being able to provide storage quickly to our customers in the Azure Cloud.
 

Azure NetApp Files Cons review quotes

RF
Solutions Architect at Champion Solutions Group
Oct 30, 2019
This solution would be improved with more innovation.
DK
Storage Engineer at Walgreen Co.
Oct 30, 2019
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.
reviewer1223400 - PeerSpot reviewer
AVP at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Nov 19, 2019
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.
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MC
Senior Manager at Restaurant Magic
Nov 5, 2019
I would like to see multi-zone redundancy so that I don't have to worry about it. I just back up my data to that one SMB share and I know that it's replicated to a different region.
Vladislav Malicevic - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Feb 22, 2022
I have a hunch that storage could be now the most expensive portion of our monthly bill. So I can imagine that, not this year, but next year we will be talking about looking deeper into ways how we can optimize the cost.
CG
Service Architecture at All for One Group AG
Dec 15, 2020
Reserved Instances for Azure NetApp Files would improve more use cases, making them more valuable in Azure as the cost would be reduced.
DH
Storage / Virtualisation & Infrastructure Contractor at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 16, 2021
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.
CT
Business Development Manager at ITQS
Dec 30, 2021
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.
reviewer1107846 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 18, 2022
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.
reviewer1487220 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Storage Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
May 2, 2022
The pricing definitely needs to be improved.