Microsoft Azure Block Storage Reviews

It's mainly for financial institutions and customers. These customers are all using Cloud Native types of applications, whether it is Oracle Fusion or whether it's AWS. We are using the solution to handle the APIs.

Its integration is very easy.

The accuracy is relatively high.

It is stable and reliable.

The product can scale well.

The implementation can be quite technical.

We would like the solution to lower the costs as much as possible. It’s always better for the customer if it is less expensive.

I’ve been dealing with the solution for six months.

The solution is stable. It’s reliable, and the performance is good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn’t crash or freeze.

The solution is definitely scalable. It’s not a problem to expand it. If a company wants to, it can scale the product.

One client usually has about 1,000 assets to scan.

I’ve never had to use technical support. So far, the solution has been trouble-free.

My engineer can complete an installation in one or two days. I don't directly deal with it as it's quite complex. You need to be technical. It’s not for non-technical people.

We have five people that can handle deployment and maintenance. They are systems and ops engineers.

I would recommend the solution to other users and organizations.

I’d rate the solution seven out of ten.

We use the hybrid version of Microsoft Azure Block Storage. We have a client based in the UK who utilizes the hybrid cloud. We also have a couple of archiving solutions there, as well as NetApp on TapCloud. 

The NFS solution goes into that, deployment is purely on the Azure cloud. The production areas and archiving solutions are mostly done on-premises, while testing and application development in some areas is purely cloud-based.

Block storage is used for the data that is configured for our servers. We have it for auditing purposes and as a compliance method.

Microsoft Azure Block Storage is a stable solution.

As for scalability, we use other archiving solutions, NetApp on TapCloud, for example, because there are some limitations with capacity unless you extend the terabytes of data.

It has been a couple of years since I contacted support. However, at that time, it was difficult to get someone on the call even though it was an issue of high severity.

Positive

The initial setup for the production areas was on-premises, which is very simple.

Azure Block Storage is higher priced than its competitors. It is costly. The pricing is difficult to calculate as there are different tiers to select from. 

Microsoft Azure Block Storage is widely accepted. People are choosing the enterprise solution. I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We use Microsoft Azure Block Storage to store, upload and download data. We can also use it as a backup. 

Microsoft Azure Block Storage's stability needs improvement. 

I have been working with the tool for three to four months. 

I would rate Microsoft Azure Block Storage's stability an eight out of ten. 

Microsoft Azure Block Storage's setup is straightforward. You need to create a storage account and give a unique name to it. We have deployed the solution on the cloud. 

I use Microsoft Azure Block Storage's free version. 

I would rate the product an eight out of ten. 

We're mainly using this solution for cloud container data and backup data. 

It's deployed on a hybrid cloud.

There are around 500 users in my organization.

In terms of latency, bandwidth, and productivity, Azure Block Storage is better than other solutions.

There have been problems with integration, but it's getting better.

I have used Microsoft Azure Block Storage for more than a year.

I would rate the stability as seven out of ten. We sometimes face issues.

I would rate the scalability as six out of ten.

Setup was simple. Between 5-10 people are required for maintenance.

I would rate the pricing as five out of ten.

I compared Azure Block Storage with AWS. The cost is the main difference.

I would rate the solution as six out of ten. I would recommend it to others.

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is the security and the management of user access from on-premise to the cloud.

Microsoft Azure Block Storage could improve by allowing the switching of the hot tier to the cold tier.

I have been using Microsoft Azure Block Storage for approximately five years.

Microsoft Azure Block Storage is stable.

The solution can expand, and it is scalable.

We have approximately 200 users using this solution. We plan to increase the usage of this solution in the future.

I did not use the support from Microsoft Azure Block Storage. However, I did use the support for other solutions. 

We deploy Microsoft Azure Block Storage with Linux SUSE or Red Hat, but Microsoft will not give us support for these solutions.

I rate the support from Microsoft a three out of five.

Neutral

The initial setup of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is simple.

The price could be more flexible, and it can be expensive.

I rate the price of Microsoft Azure Block Storage a three out of five.

I have not evaluated other solutions.

I rate Microsoft Azure Block Storage a seven out of ten.

The solution is deployed on public cloud.

Besides compression and encryption, the ease of integration with services like CDN and computing makes it compelling and cost-effective.

Encryption, data analytics and behaviour analytics can be improved. Encryption and usage analytics optimization, built into the setup, can take it to the next level.

We have been using this solution for four years and are currently using the latest version.

It is a stable solution, but it has a high variability factor. I rate the stability an eight out of ten.

The solution is scalable. As a consulting and services company, we implement solutions for customers. Over 50 customers use this solution in our organization. Regarding maintenance, one is enough if it is within the same timezone because there is significantly less administrative overhead on Blob Storage. Unless there are complex workloads requiring operational tasks to be done, we can add more people. But from an organizational standpoint, one is enough.

We have not had the best experience with customer service and support. I rate them an eight out of ten.

Positive

The initial setup was straightforward.

I rate the pricing an eight out of ten, with ten being the highest and one being the lowest. The price could be slightly lower because there has not been a price revision. They should revise prices, but they've not done that. Since we captured enough markets, they don't care anymore.

We evaluated S3 before choosing this solution. S3 has a wider adoption. Other than that, technically, I do not see much of a difference between both. They have similar functionalities.

I recommend this solution to other users. I rate this solution an eight out of ten. The solution is good, but improvements can be made to behaviour analytics and data encryption.

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is the backing up of files.

Microsoft Azure Block Storage could improve by having integration with Amazon AWS. The file transfer could be easier.

I have been using Microsoft Azure Block Storage for approximately two years.

Microsoft Azure Block Storage is stable.

The scalability of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is good.

We have approximately 30 people using this solution in my organization.

The technical support from Microsoft Azure Block Storage is good.

I rate the support from Microsoft Azure Block Storage a five out of five.

I have not used another solution in the category of Microsoft Azure Block Storage.

The installation of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is simple.

I did the implementation of Microsoft Azure Block Storage myself.

The price of  Microsoft Azure Block Storage could be less expensive.

I rate the price of Microsoft Azure Block Storage a four out of five.

I rate Microsoft Azure Block Storage a seven of ten.

We deployed our website on Azure, and Block Storage is for storing large objects. We use Azure Block Storage for embedded videos that any person coming on the website needs to use. 

The most important reason we use Azure Block Storage is the ability to store large files. When we were building the solution, we knew we needed to store images and video files that are 100 MBs or more. The second thing is speed when dealing with such large file sizes. 

It would be nice if the Azure Block Storage could integrate with microservices-based mobile apps, too. 

We started using Azure Block Storage for a project two or three weeks ago.

Block Storage is stable. 

I can't say much about scalability because these are small projects, so it's not like we've utilized Block Storage for a million users. We only have a few hundred users.

The setup process is pretty straightforward.  The documentation from Microsoft is clear enough for anyone to set up a storage account. Two or three people are enough to maintain the solution we've built. It's a stable solution that more or less works on its own.

There should be a discount on Block Storage for people who use it more often. Right now we pay somewhere around maybe 30,000 rupees monthly.

Most of our solutions are built on Azure, so that is our first choice. However, we also considered AWS Storage Services. We thought about using the AWS S3 bucket, but our in-house team mostly has experience on Azure, we stuck with that. I think the Azure documentation is easier to understand than AWS's, so that's the main advantage. The costs are more or less the same.

I rate Azure Block Storage eight out of 10. My biggest concern is the pricing.