Azure StorSimple vs. OSNEXUS QuantaStor

Azure StorSimple

4 Reviews and Ratings

OSNEXUS QuantaStor

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure StorSimple	Score7 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
OSNEXUS QuantaStor	N/A	N/A	OSNEXUS headquartered in Bellevue makes the QuantaStor Software Defined Storage (SDS) platform. QuantaStor bare-metal installs on standard servers to deliver unified file, block, and object storage in a single platform. QuantaStor boasts a unique storage grid technology. Grid technology enables clusters of QuantaStor storage servers to be combined across sites to produce a secure, distributed management grid.	N/A

Pricing

Azure StorSimple

OSNEXUS QuantaStor

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

No answers on this topic

Pricing Offerings
Azure StorSimple	OSNEXUS QuantaStor
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Best Alternatives
	Azure StorSimple	OSNEXUS QuantaStor
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Medium-sized Companies	Apple iCloud Score8.4 out of 10	StarWind Virtual SAN Score9.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Azure StorSimple	OSNEXUS QuantaStor
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure StorSimple	OSNEXUS QuantaStor
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	OSNEXUS No answers on this topic
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	OSNEXUS No answers on this topic
Cons	Microsoft Additional fail-over functionality Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	OSNEXUS No answers on this topic
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	OSNEXUS 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	OSNEXUS No answers on this topic
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	OSNEXUS No answers on this topic
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