Azure StorSimple vs. NEC HYDRAstor HS8-50

Azure StorSimple

4 Reviews and Ratings

NEC HYDRAstor HS8-50

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
NEC HYDRAstor HS8-50	N/A	N/A	The NEC Storage HS8-50* scale-out grid storage platform provides flexibility of independently scaling performance and capacity within single system for the life of stored data. It further optimizes storage efficiency with Global Deduplication across entire grid with high backup throughput, multi-generation support and greater data resiliency.	N/A

Pricing

Azure StorSimple

NEC HYDRAstor HS8-50

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

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Pricing Offerings
Azure StorSimple	NEC HYDRAstor HS8-50
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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User Ratings
	Azure StorSimple	NEC HYDRAstor HS8-50
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure StorSimple	NEC HYDRAstor HS8-50
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	NEC 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	NEC No answers on this topic
Cons	Microsoft Additional fail-over functionality Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	NEC 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	NEC 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	NEC 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	NEC No answers on this topic
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