Azure HPC Cache vs. Panzura CloudFS

Azure HPC Cache

Azure HPC Cache

3 Reviews and Ratings

Panzura CloudFS

Panzura CloudFS

5 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure HPC Cache	Score 7.6 out of 10	N/A	Azure HPC Cache, part of Microsoft's Azure suite of products, apps and services, offers file caching for high-performance computing (HPC). Azure HPC Cache lets users transfer excess compute capacity to Azure while leaving large datasets in a network-attached storage (NAS) or in Azure Blob storage for a cloud NAS solution.	$5.82 per hour 2 GBs
Panzura CloudFS	Score 8.9 out of 10	N/A	Panzura is a cloud backup solution from the company of the same name in Campbell, California.	N/A

Pricing

Azure HPC Cache

Panzura CloudFS

Editions & Modules

Read-write Cache: $5.8152
per hour 2 GBs
Read-only Cache: $7.3476
per hour 4.5 GBs

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Azure HPC Cache	Panzura CloudFS
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

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Azure HPC Cache	Panzura CloudFS
Considered Both Products	Azure HPC Cache No answer on this topic	Panzura CloudFS Ryan Lee Enterprise Infrastructure Supervisor Chose Panzura CloudFS We looked at Talon but had better initial discussions with Panzura. We also looked at DFS Replication but at hundreds of TB of data it was not nearly as cost effective. Panzura had more experience with engineering applications and the complexities that were involved in certain … Incentivized Helpful? Andy Knauf Vice President of IT, Principal Chose Panzura CloudFS There are several other devices but Panzura is best of class. Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	Azure HPC Cache	Panzura CloudFS
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure HPC Cache	Panzura CloudFS
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	I believe Panzura can fit into any company structure. Incentivized Andy Knauf Vice President of IT, Principal Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	File caching. Data usage metrics. Cost savings. Incentivized Ryan Lee Enterprise Infrastructure Supervisor Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	Faster browsing of photos Incentivized Andy Knauf Vice President of IT, Principal Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Hands down support is the best part of Panzura. Their techs are always helpful, always knowledgeable, and consistently solve complex problems quickly. You can definitely tell they hire their support folks from the top tier of other companies and they go above and beyond what I have come to expect in terms of support compared to other companies. Incentivized Ryan Lee Enterprise Infrastructure Supervisor Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	We looked at Talon but had better initial discussions with Panzura. We also looked at DFS Replication but at hundreds of TB of data it was not nearly as cost effective. Panzura had more experience with engineering applications and the complexities that were involved in certain ways apps wrote and read data. Incentivized Ryan Lee Enterprise Infrastructure Supervisor Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	Exceptional positive impact on availability - as users move so do their files. Panzura+DFS allowed for simple chargeback models to be implemented. Incentivized Rob Clendenin Storage Engineer Read full review
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