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Nasuni vs. Azure Files

Select the right Azure solution today.

Part of the Azure Family

Yes, Azure Files and Nasuni for Azure both offer cost-effective SMB and NFS file shares accessible simultaneously in the cloud and on-premises. Both are available through the Azure Customer Marketplace. Both count toward Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitments (MACC). And both use Azure storage (Nasuni uses Azure Blob object storage, and Azure Files uses, well, Azure Files storage).

But the differences are clear.

Azure Files without limits

Over 600 Azure customers chose Nasuni as their hybrid cloud storage solution, and Microsoft’s Cloud Specialists have called Nasuni the “upgrade to Azure Files” and “the enterprise version of Azure Files.” Why? Nasuni offers three key advantages:

Effortless scale

No volume, directory, or file size limits. Spend less time managing file data silos and more time using your data for AI.

Ultimate data security

Native ransomware protection, unlimited immutable snapshots (RPOs), and instant disaster recovery for every edge location.

Work from anywhere

Collaborate with file locking across Azure cloud regions and on-premises locations, and empower remote workers with fast VPN-less access.

Let your file storage requirements be your guide

Choose Nasuni for Azure when you need:

Scale: A global file system that scales without limits so you’re not managing multiple file data silos and on-premises systems

Fast Collaboration: File locking across Azure regions and on-premises locations for file collaboration without version conflict

Speed: Fast file access, plus up-to-the minute recovery points and near-instant recovery times so users aren’t waiting around or constantly recreating lost work

Remote Performance: Fast VPN-less access to file shares to support a remote/hybrid workforce

Resilience: Ransomware detection, mitigation policies, and one-click restore of only infected files to reduce business risk

Mac Support: macOS color tagging, long file/path names, and extended metadata attributes to keep your Mac users happy

Efficiency: On-premises file sync without the need for Windows servers to minimize cost and administrative overhead

Multi-Cloud: Support for AWS, Google Cloud, or private cloud storage to meet regional performance or GDPR requirements (or to keep your options open)

Why Nasuni

The solution that is right for your organization ultimately depends on your objectives. If your goal is to consolidate NAS and file server hardware, improve your file data protection posture, provide a global file system that can drive business efficiency and productivity, reduce cloud storage costs, or analyze and curate file data for chargebacks and AI initiatives, Nasuni offers the best architecture, customer service, and return on investment. This is proven at petabyte scale in many of the world’s largest enterprises.

Know the details	Nasuni for Azure	Azure Files
Azure storage account	Azure Blob	Azure Files
Protocol support	SMB, NFS, S3, HTTPS	SMB, NFS
Cloud support	Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, private cloud (on-premises)	Azure
Maximum account size	Unlimited	100 TB
Maximum snapshots (rpo)	Unlimited	200
Ransomware protection	✔	✖
Global file lock	✔	✖
15-Min Disaster Recovery at Every Edge Location	✔	✖
Microsoft copilot integration	✔	✔
File data analytics to optimize AI Models	✔	✖
Microsoft Sentinel integration	✔	✔

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