Azure StorSimple vs. DDN A³I

Azure StorSimple

Azure StorSimple

4 Reviews and Ratings

DDN A³I

DDN A³I

1 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure StorSimple	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	StorSimple was acquired by Microsoft in 2012. The StorSimple storage gateway appliance is now a part of Microsoft's Azure StorSimple Hybrid Cloud Storage solution.	$4.11 Per Day
DDN A³I	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	DataDirect Networks (DDN) offers their SFA line of high density block storage solutions, including the SFA14KX and the SFA18K.	N/A

Pricing

Azure StorSimple

DDN A³I

Editions & Modules

Virtual Appliance: $4.11
Per Day
Cloud Array: $4.11
Per Day
Physical Appliance: $43.84
Per Day

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Azure StorSimple	DDN A³I
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Azure StorSimple	DDN A³I

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	Azure StorSimple	DDN A³I
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User Ratings
	Azure StorSimple	DDN A³I
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure StorSimple	DDN A³I
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	DataDirect Networks (DDN) Well suited for large data repositories, like video storage, data lake, etc. Wide and deep and does not take up multiple racks. Easily grows with your needs as one can drop in more disks when needed, as you grow. Incentivized ML Mark Lewandowski Sr Network and Systems Engineer Read full review
Pros	Microsoft Performance via the SSD drives. Writes back to our Private Cloud via Azure. Easy to Admin via Web client interface. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	DataDirect Networks (DDN) Large storage array Fibre channel storage using RAID arrays Each SFA can grow with one master and up to 4 slaves Up to PB or more of storage Incentivized ML Mark Lewandowski Sr Network and Systems Engineer Read full review
Cons	Microsoft Additional fail-over functionality Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	DataDirect Networks (DDN) The Disk array appliances load disks from the top Cabler management is more than 4 feet long. Hard to find a rack it really fits in. Interconnects between units need to be more seamless and easier to understand. Incentivized ML Mark Lewandowski Sr Network and Systems Engineer Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Microsoft If I wanted to use just onsite storage the StorSimple device is already paid for. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	DataDirect Networks (DDN) No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Microsoft Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	DataDirect Networks (DDN) IBM is close to the Platinum level but DDN comes in large and cheaper but with a bit less features. Incentivized ML Mark Lewandowski Sr Network and Systems Engineer Read full review
Return on Investment	Microsoft Great Folks on the MSFT Implementation team Great value on year 2 Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	DataDirect Networks (DDN) ROI is that it seems very economical for massive video camera storage. Dedicate a rack to it. Best if all units are next to each other but do not have to be. Incentivized ML Mark Lewandowski Sr Network and Systems Engineer Read full review
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