Funtionality over cost of Azure Data Lake Storage
April 12, 2022
Funtionality over cost of Azure Data Lake Storage
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Azure Data Lake Storage
We had all of our storage located within a single datacenter, which caused an issue should it go down. Azure Data Lake Storage allowed us to move some of the storage there, keeping that piece online and active if we lost communication to the main datacenter. It's nice, but not the most reliable.
Pros
- PowerShell integration
- Azure AD integration
- AdlCopy
Cons
- Price is a bit steep
- CLI could be better
- Permissions are difficult to use compared to their competition
- Azure AD integration
- Hierarchical file system
- Usage of Azure KeyVault for encryption keys
- Initial cost was reasonable compared to the previous solution we had in place
- An unforeseen growth rate is leading to a much higher cost than expected
- Transaction fees are higher than the previous solution we used
- Amazon EMR (Elastic MapReduce)
Azure Data Lake Storage from a functionality perspective is a much easier solution to work with. It's implementation from Amazon EMR went smooth, and continued usage is definitely better. However, Amazon EMR was significantly cheaper overall between the high transaction fees and cost of storage due to growth. The two both have their advantages and disadvantages, but the functionality of Azure Data Lake Storage outweighed it's cost.
Do you think Azure Data Lake Storage delivers good value for the price?
No
Are you happy with Azure Data Lake Storage's feature set?
Yes
Did Azure Data Lake Storage live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Azure Data Lake Storage go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Azure Data Lake Storage again?
No
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