I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. Customers want high availability without interruptions. If you're looking for a reliable service where your environment stays stable and accessible at all times, I'd recommend going with Azure NetApp Files. From my experience of several migrations, I've found it to be a dependable solution that ensures continuous availability without interruptions.
Since we upgraded the solution last month, I'm sure we are using the latest version of Azure NetApp Files. I wouldn't say I'm the user. I built the system for the application team that is using it. We are quite a big company with different departments. Our company previously used a different solution, and they really liked the other one. However, we moved to Azure NetApp Files for contract purposes. If they have a choice, I recommend users explore other products before choosing Azure NetApp Files. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Sr. Storage Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2022-05-02T05:40:00Z
May 2, 2022
The biggest lesson that I have learned from using this product is related to cost. Because it's expensive, you have to be careful about making sure that you're provisioning on the correct tier, and not wasting money. You have to make sure that you're not unnecessarily on a higher tier, and achieving only the performance that you need. Overall, this is a good solution and if it were not for the price, I would rate it a ten out of ten. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
We recommend this solution to our customers because of its ease of use, availability, and security, but they don't usually go for it because of its price. I would rate it at least a nine out of 10.
Simply try it out because it's worth the effort to have a look at it. It's a strong service that gets improved quickly with new features, like backup and replication to another site. Have a close look at this solution, which workloads you like to migrate, and the costs. Overall, it's worth the effort. It is definitely worth having a look at your actual setup and Azure's setup to determine if something on your setup could be more cost-efficient. The speed is adjustable by size of Azure NetApp Files and the performance tool. So, it is working perfectly, if you choose the right performance tier. We did a lot of research, development, and testing in 2019. Since starting 2020, we have around 80 terabytes, which is not much from our perspective. From our perspective (maybe not others), this is really low usage until now. However, we plan to migrate a lot of customers over to Azure. We also have some new programs where customers will be directly deployed in Azure. So, we plan to increase that within a year to around 200 to 300 terabytes, depending on how fast customers come and we can migrate them. I would rate this solution as a nine out of 10.
I would recommend having a look at NetApp. We tried it and were ecstatic about it, so we found our solution. When we tried Azure NetApp Files, it was like, "Wow." So, we went for it. It has literally given me peace of mind. I invested a lot of brain energy last year prior to finding NetApp and identifying the right solution for us. Since then, I've forgot about this topic. I literally don't care about it anymore, as it has been working well and was the perfect fit. I didn't even look around. I would rate the solution as a nine (out of 10).
AVP at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2019-11-05T05:27:00Z
Nov 5, 2019
My advice for anybody who is researching this solution is that it's a good opportunity for companies to save time on operations. Definitely, I would recommend Azure NetApp Files over AWS because I have seen more of them, and I prefer NetApp. We have built a lot of functionality ourselves in the form of traditional, homegrown scripts. Even though the snapshot capability was not there, we had the ability to do it using scripts. It was easier, I would say. AWS has been there for a very long time so it has that benefit. It's more mature than Microsoft Azure NetApp Files, but personally, as Microsoft users, we recommend this solution. This is a good product, but they have a couple of key elements in the works that need to be delivered within the next one or two quarters. At this time, I would rate this solution a six out of ten.
Using Azure NetApp Files got us out of a really difficult situation quickly, effectively, and at a reasonable cost. My advice to anybody who is researching this solution is to definitely try it out. Benchmark it against their existing solution to see if it can improve their throughput. I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.
The solution is solid. It works as designed. You get better performance and it is easy to use. It's a solid product. We are using the same applications and not doing anything new. However, we are thinking about it. I would rate it an eight (out of 10).
Azure NetApp Files is designed for unstructured data, virtualized SAP systems, SQL backups, NFS and CIFS protocols, Azure Virtual Desktop storage, and optimizing file share services. It supports high performance and networking integration in Microsoft Azure.
Azure NetApp Files offers features such as SnapMirror for data protection, rapid provisioning, elastic scaling, and ultra-fast SQL backup and restore. It provides a seamless experience with fast snapshotting, high availability,...
I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. Customers want high availability without interruptions. If you're looking for a reliable service where your environment stays stable and accessible at all times, I'd recommend going with Azure NetApp Files. From my experience of several migrations, I've found it to be a dependable solution that ensures continuous availability without interruptions.
Since we upgraded the solution last month, I'm sure we are using the latest version of Azure NetApp Files. I wouldn't say I'm the user. I built the system for the application team that is using it. We are quite a big company with different departments. Our company previously used a different solution, and they really liked the other one. However, we moved to Azure NetApp Files for contract purposes. If they have a choice, I recommend users explore other products before choosing Azure NetApp Files. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
I recommend considering a cost comparison between Azure NetApp Files and Azure Files before making a choice.
The biggest lesson that I have learned from using this product is related to cost. Because it's expensive, you have to be careful about making sure that you're provisioning on the correct tier, and not wasting money. You have to make sure that you're not unnecessarily on a higher tier, and achieving only the performance that you need. Overall, this is a good solution and if it were not for the price, I would rate it a ten out of ten. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
We recommend this solution to our customers because of its ease of use, availability, and security, but they don't usually go for it because of its price. I would rate it at least a nine out of 10.
Simply try it out because it's worth the effort to have a look at it. It's a strong service that gets improved quickly with new features, like backup and replication to another site. Have a close look at this solution, which workloads you like to migrate, and the costs. Overall, it's worth the effort. It is definitely worth having a look at your actual setup and Azure's setup to determine if something on your setup could be more cost-efficient. The speed is adjustable by size of Azure NetApp Files and the performance tool. So, it is working perfectly, if you choose the right performance tier. We did a lot of research, development, and testing in 2019. Since starting 2020, we have around 80 terabytes, which is not much from our perspective. From our perspective (maybe not others), this is really low usage until now. However, we plan to migrate a lot of customers over to Azure. We also have some new programs where customers will be directly deployed in Azure. So, we plan to increase that within a year to around 200 to 300 terabytes, depending on how fast customers come and we can migrate them. I would rate this solution as a nine out of 10.
I would recommend having a look at NetApp. We tried it and were ecstatic about it, so we found our solution. When we tried Azure NetApp Files, it was like, "Wow." So, we went for it. It has literally given me peace of mind. I invested a lot of brain energy last year prior to finding NetApp and identifying the right solution for us. Since then, I've forgot about this topic. I literally don't care about it anymore, as it has been working well and was the perfect fit. I didn't even look around. I would rate the solution as a nine (out of 10).
My advice for anybody who is researching this solution is that it's a good opportunity for companies to save time on operations. Definitely, I would recommend Azure NetApp Files over AWS because I have seen more of them, and I prefer NetApp. We have built a lot of functionality ourselves in the form of traditional, homegrown scripts. Even though the snapshot capability was not there, we had the ability to do it using scripts. It was easier, I would say. AWS has been there for a very long time so it has that benefit. It's more mature than Microsoft Azure NetApp Files, but personally, as Microsoft users, we recommend this solution. This is a good product, but they have a couple of key elements in the works that need to be delivered within the next one or two quarters. At this time, I would rate this solution a six out of ten.
Using Azure NetApp Files got us out of a really difficult situation quickly, effectively, and at a reasonable cost. My advice to anybody who is researching this solution is to definitely try it out. Benchmark it against their existing solution to see if it can improve their throughput. I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.
The solution is solid. It works as designed. You get better performance and it is easy to use. It's a solid product. We are using the same applications and not doing anything new. However, we are thinking about it. I would rate it an eight (out of 10).
I recommend Azure NetApp Files. This solution just fits our needs, and I would rate it a ten out of ten.