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Azure offers various options for storing file data. Azure native services are:
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Azure offers various options for storing file data. Azure native storage services, both first party and [native ISV services](/azure/partner-solutions/overview), are:
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-[Azure Files](https://azure.microsoft.com/services/storage/files/) – Fully managed file shares in the cloud that are accessible via the industry-standard SMB and NFS protocols. Azure Files offer two different types (standard and premium) with different performance characteristics.
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-[Azure NetApp Files](https://azure.microsoft.com/services/netapp/) – Fully managed file shares in the cloud designed to meet the performance requirements for enterprise line-of-business applications. Azure NetApp Files offer multiple service levels with different performance limitations (standard, premium, and ultra).
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-[Azure Blob Storage](https://azure.microsoft.com/services/storage/blobs/) – large-scale object storage platform for storing unstructured data. Azure Blob Storage offer two different types (standard and premium) with different performance characteristics.
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-[Azure Blob Storage](https://azure.microsoft.com/services/storage/blobs/) – Large-scale object storage platform for storing unstructured data. Azure Blob Storage offer two different types (standard and premium) with different performance characteristics.
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-[Azure Native Qumulo](https://qumulo.com/product/azure/) - Fully managed, cloud-native file service offering elastic performance, and capacity scaling. Pay-as-you-go consumption model ensures you only pay what you use. Hot, and Cold storage class options are available.
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There are several articles that describe the differences and recommendation on selecting the native file service. You can learn more:
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- Our migration guide describes the [basic flow chart](../../../common/storage-migration-overview.md#choose-a-target-storage-service)
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|**Nasuni**|**UniFS** is an enterprise file service with a simpler, low-cost, cloud alternative built on Microsoft Azure | - Primary file storage <br> - Departmental file shares <br> - Centralized file management <br> - multi-site collaboration with global file locking <br> - Azure Virtual Desktop <br> - Remote work/VDI file shares |
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|**NetApp**|**Cloud Volumes ONTAP** optimizes your cloud storage costs, and performance while enhancing data protection, security, and compliance. Includes enterprise-grade data management, availability, and durability | - Business applications <br> - Relational and NoSQL databases <br> - Big Data & Analytics <br> - Persistent data for containers <br> - CI/CD pipelines <br> - Disaster recovery for on-premises NetApp solutions |
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|**Panzura**|**CloudFS** is an enterprise global file system with added resiliency and high-performance. Offers ransomware protection. | - Simplified legacy storage replacement <br> - Backup and disaster recovery, with granular recovery ability <br> - Cloud native access to unstructured data for Analytics, AI/ML. <br> - Multi-site file collaboration, with automatic file locking and real time global file consistency <br> - Global remote work with cloud VDI <br> - Accelerated cloud migration for legacy workloads |
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|**Qumulo**|**Qumulo**on Azure offers multiple petabytes (PiB) of storage capacity, and up to 20 GB/s of performance per file system. Windows (SMB) and Linux (NFS) are both natively supported, and Qumulo provides onboard real-time workload analytics. | – Primary file storage for High Performance Compute, Media & Entertainment, Genomics, Electronic design, and Financial modeling. |
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|**Qumulo**|**Cloud Native Qumulo**enables organizations to scale their unstructured data system from petabytes to exabytes of storage capacity, and up to 1TB/s+ throughput to meet their application needs. Both Azure Native Qumulo, and Cloud Native Qumulo support standard file-based protocols (SMB, and NFS), and provide real-time workload analytics for valuable operational insights. | – Primary file storage for High Performance Compute, Media & Entertainment, Healthcare PACS/VNA systems, Genomics, Electronic design, Geospatial mapping, and Financial modeling. |
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|**Tiger Technology**|**Tiger Bridge** is a data management software solution. Provides tiering between an NTFS file system and Azure Blob Storage or Azure managed disks. Creates a single namespace with local file locking. | - Cloud archive<br> - Continuous data protection (CDP) <br> - Disaster Recovery for Windows servers <br> - Multi-site sync and collaboration <br> - Remote workflows (VDI)<br> - Native access to cloud data for Analytics, AI, ML |
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|**WEKA**|**WEKA Data Platform** provides a fast, and scalable file storage system with a software-defined approach to data. It accelerates storage performance, reduces cloud storage costs, and simplifies data operations across on-premises, and cloud environments. | - Enterprise, and Generative AI <br> - High-Performance Computing (HPC) <br> - Containerized workloads <br> - Tiering, backup, and disaster recovery (DR) from on-premises WEKA systems |
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|**XenData**|**Cloud File Gateway** creates a highly scalable global file system using windows file servers | - Global sharing of engineering and scientific files <br> - Collaborative video editing |
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