We use SG to take in all sorts of information from trusted and public sources. SG allows us to have a single ping of entry rather than supporting multiple services. This has really simplified our process and allowed us to focus on other more important issues within our organization.

Pros

Easy to deploy: Setting the solution up took much less time than anticipated.
AWS management Console facilitates monitoring: This allowed us to ditch a home baked solution in lieu this great tool!
Secure data transfer: Easily passing our company audits and standards for security.
VM integration

Cons

Expensive Gateway pricing: This can be pricy but worth in the long run.

Likelihood to Recommend

SG is well suited for complete cloud overhauls and moving backups. Due to the low latency access, your data is always at your fingertips.

Verified User

General Manager in Corporate (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

AWS Storage Gateway - Efficient way to connect to multiple AWS Storage services

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

November 2, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use s3 for storing backups of our on-prem databases and the AWS Storage gateway acts as a middleware connecting s3 from on-prem servers.

Pros

Good set of endpoints like s3, glacier etc.
Latency is low
Secure way to connect to the storage

Cons

Tough API, could be simplified
Does not route based on logic
Could not use tags

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for our backups. We store backups in 2 places EBS volumes in VPC and s3 buckets. From our on-prem servers, we connect to both and backup job runs smooth. It is less appropriate if you are already hosting in the AWS Cloud. There are direct ways to access storage areas without the need for gateway.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

AWS Storage Gateway, the developer friendly way to access Cloud Storage.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 31, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use AWS Storage Gateway for accessing different storage services like S3. We use Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Amazon EBS volume, and AWS Backup services extensively in my current organization.

Pros

Manages security quite well.
Make easy for accessing Amazon Cloud Storage.
Well Documented and easy to configure.

Cons

Logging can be improved on failure.

Likelihood to Recommend

If we want to access Amazon services like S3 in a more secure way, we can implement AWS Storage Gateway. We have implemented AWS Storage Gateway for accessing all our S3 bucket objects.

Verified User

Employee in Engineering (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Great but overpriced.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 31, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the largest cloud infrastructure, provider. We tried their Generous Free-Tier for one year. For a small business like ourselves, this is a huge deal in moving to AWS from other cloud providers, as I can try out most of its services before upgrading to premium specifications. Plus, their customer support is good.

Pros

Support
One-stop destination.
Ease of Use.

Cons

Huge service offerings.
Prices
Training and Use of the platform.

Likelihood to Recommend

Even though in the web3 space, we should not fully trust any servers or storage due to security but Amazon provides a great level of security and data privacy which is harder to implement on our own. I like the fact that the process of setting it up is fast compared to the others.

Zied Chaabane

COO (Chief Operating Officer) in Product Management at Ideaology (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

AWS Storage Gateway provides easy Data management and makes uploading files a breeze!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 28, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have used AWS Storage Gateway for over a few years now. AWS Storage Gateway offers an user friendly way to access stored data and files from our servers (cloud) and also has very easy linking access. This solution allows us to back up our data and restore data when needed. My overview, AWS Storage Gateway offers very secure storage for confidential.

Pros

Uploading files is easy.
Efficient Data management
The documentation AWS Storage Gateway provides is very user friendly
Secure storage

Cons

Lag time can sometimes take longer than expected.
The initial set up / configuration wasn't easy for our team to implement.

Likelihood to Recommend

AWS Storage Gateway performed better than other Data Center Backup solutions we've used in the past because it's cloud based. The initial documentation AWS Storage Gateway provides is very very user friendly, allowing us to set up the AWS Storage Gateway the right way from the start. It did take a few hours to set up but it helps us store sensitive files pretty easily.

Verified User

Manager in Sales (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Easy to configure and low cost storage solution for hybrid environment.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

March 16, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Once we started migrating our service to the cloud, one of the main concerns was the connectivity to storage in AWS Storage Gateway. With AWS Storage Gateway, we were able to easily connect our on-prem storage appliance to the storage solution in the cloud. The caching feature which the storage gateway supports helps us to get frequently accessed data with minimal latency.

Pros

Helps keep all data storage in one place which secure and highly available.
Low cost solution.
Highly secure.

Cons

I would suggest make it more user friendly.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is very well suited for storing secure content in AWS Storage Gateway for the on-prem environments to access. It works very well in a hybrid environment. Not supported connection to multiple buckets.

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

AWS Storage Gateway, providing a cloud extension of to your backup capabilities

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

March 3, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used the AWS Storage Geteway as a virtual tape library to enhance the capacity of our backup environment. The business problem that the product addressed was, it gave us the ability to backup additional servers as we had grown exponentially the last few years. With it we were able to backup important dev and QA systems without impacting the retention policy for our production system.

Pros

The AWS Storage Gateway can be deployed very quickly. We required only a couple of hours to get it setup and was able to present it to the backup server as a media manager and VTL drives.
The provisioning of the virtual tapes was also pretty easy to setup. Being able to utilize Glazier storage provided a great ROI.
The documentation AWS provides is very user friendly, allowing us to set up the AWS Storage Gateway the correct way.

Cons

There was a limitation on the throughput you were able to push thru the AWS Gateway, increasing the backup time negatively impacting the performance of the system being backed up.
The inability to have de-duplication required more bandwidth that's what we anticipated decreasing the ROI. The increased egress charges were less than desired.
It was somewhat cumbersome when ejecting and retrieving back the virtual tapes. The process and documentation explaining how that piece of the AWS Gateway could have been more clearer.

Likelihood to Recommend

The AWS Storage Gateway is well suited if you want a quick way to off load your backups to the cloud to eliminate the need of a offsite storage location for physical tapes. The ROI is quite good from that perspective since you can utilize Glacier storage for the virtual tapes. The AWS Storage Gateway is not well suited if data sets being backed up is very large. The lack of de-duplication will add time to your backup. It will also increase the egress charges.

Edwin Labirua

Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Information Technology at Leviton Manufacturing Inc. (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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Excellent virtual cloud storage software

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

December 2, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

AWS Storage Gateway gives us an opportunity to access our stored data virtually from our cloud storage servers. It has effectively linked our company to our servers and offers faster services that are very reliable. Security of our data is guaranteed from our servers since it is screened by our team before we use it for decision-making

Pros

Displaying our data virtually from our cloud servers.
Provision of storage backup of our data.

Cons

The platform performance has been excellent.
Virtual tools have been reliable.

Likelihood to Recommend

The services we have received from this product have been always very effective and have highly contributed to improved performance. Volume Gateway gives us the most reliable storage services that can sustain big workloads. Data transfer to our cloud servers is faster as compared to other platforms. The system is well managed and the customer support team can easily be reached when there is a challenge that we cannot handle.

Sahed Khan

Software Engineer in Engineering at Confidential (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Storage Solution for Confidential Files

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

September 28, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

AWS Gateway Storage gives me the secure storage I need for my client files. Working as a therapist all my sessions are recorded as required by law and I no longer need to hold hard copy of my files - it works as a back-up system as well for me - as I store information in my CRM database and AWS. Allowing clients access via AWS S3 to only their files is important. Confidentiality unpins my business. I also store all my course modules on AWS, this allows me to know the course content I produce is not sitting on a website or other platform - everything links with one click.

Pros

Uploads files securely
Provides access to selected individuals
Works well for a sole trader like myself without associated high costs

Cons

Ease of finding useful helpful tips on using AWS
Dumbing down of the technical jargon on the site
Short sharp to the point step videos - answering some common questions
Remembering not everyone is an IT person - could be more user friendly

Likelihood to Recommend

For therapists and clinicians, like myself, who work online and consult via an online platform such as Zoom AWS S3 gives added security and peace of mind. It is easy to store confidential files and AWS gives the level of security demanded by auditors and law. Not having files stored locally on systems is important for the above reasons - as is enabling others to be sent selected files for their review or reminder of session content. Everything to do with my business and customer interactions can be stored in one place and is easy to access for me but not easy for others.

Rosemary Brown

Addiction Specialist in Customer Service at Help for You - Rosemary Brown (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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AWS Storage Gateway, providing a cloud extension of to your backup capabilities

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

March 3, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

The AWS Storage Gateway can be deployed very quickly. We required only a couple of hours to get it setup and was able to present it to the backup server as a media manager and VTL drives.
The provisioning of the virtual tapes was also pretty easy to setup. Being able to utilize Glazier storage provided a great ROI.
The documentation AWS provides is very user friendly, allowing us to set up the AWS Storage Gateway the correct way.

Cons

There was a limitation on the throughput you were able to push thru the AWS Gateway, increasing the backup time negatively impacting the performance of the system being backed up.
The inability to have de-duplication required more bandwidth that's what we anticipated decreasing the ROI. The increased egress charges were less than desired.
It was somewhat cumbersome when ejecting and retrieving back the virtual tapes. The process and documentation explaining how that piece of the AWS Gateway could have been more clearer.

Likelihood to Recommend

Edwin Labirua

Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Information Technology at Leviton Manufacturing Inc. (1001-5000 employees)

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3 years of experience

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