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Azure Storage compared to Century Link Object Storage

Azure Storage
Versus
Century Link Object Storage

Features

Storage Features of Azure Storage compared to Century Link Object Storage
Azure StorageFeaturesCentury Link Object Storage
Cloud based
GDPR Compliant
On premise
Open source
Versioned files
Cross Region Replication
API
S3 Compatible API
Portal, CLI, REST apiManagement interfacesPortal, REST api
Event hooks/pubsub
Best effort. Credits below 99.9%. That is 43 minutes of downtime allowed per month without having to issue creditsSLA
~4.75 TBMaximum object filesize

A 0 byte file has at least 4 bytes of chargeable overhead for metadata.

Formula: 4 bytes + Len (PartitionKey + RowKey) * 2 bytes + For-Each Property(8 bytes + Len(Property Name) * 2 bytes + Sizeof(.Net Property Type))

Minimum object filesize
Unlimited, as long as you stay under 5PB across your accountRecommended max file count per bucket
Max filesize for a bucket
unlimitedMaximum amount of buckets
Logs
Shared access signature allows authenticated access to objectsAuthentication / ACL
Azure Storage integrates with Azure’s as well as any other CDN directlyCDN integration
Azure Storage doesn’t have special interconnects publishedPeering & interconnectCenturylink/Lumen is a backbone provider for large parts of the globe
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions

Azure Storage

Microsoft Azure Cloud Storage Microsoft’s answer to their cloud competitor Amazon is finally here. Microsoft has a wide range of storage solutions, providing SaaS (software as a service), PaaS (platform as a service ) and IaaS (infrastructure as a service). Azure supports a great variety of programming languages, tools, and frameworks, ranging from Microsoft-specific to Linux, or other third-party software and systems.

In the table below we’ll look at the Hot Access Tier, as this is the most commonly used storage tier for online usage.

Century Link Object Storage

Centurylink, now rebranded/acquired by Lumen is one of the world’s largest internet backbone providers.

Lumen has a storage solution. And it’s fast.

Their cloud platform is relatively new, but given their strong networking background, this sure is a competitor!

Lumen’s solution is “based on a popular software package”, which we guess is Openstack’s Swift.

You’ll have to work your way through literally awful documentation, which is messy and primed for dotNet developers, if you can even find API documentation. Chances are you’re going to be on the phone with their support engineers and/or your account manager in order to get something done.

But hey, having a backbone attached to your storage solution, AND having an awesome API along with it, just looks too good to pass up on.

Comparisons