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Azure Storage compared to Scaleway Object Storage

Azure Storage
Versus
Scaleway Object Storage

Features

Storage Features of Azure Storage compared to Scaleway Object Storage
Azure StorageFeaturesScaleway 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 and multiple command line utilities
Event hooks/pubsub
Best effort. Credits below 99.9%. That is 43 minutes of downtime allowed per month without having to issue creditsSLA99.99%
~4.75 TBMaximum object filesizeunlimited

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 bucketunlimited
Max filesize for a bucketunlimited
unlimitedMaximum amount of bucketsunlimited
Logs
Shared access signature allows authenticated access to objectsAuthentication / ACL
Azure Storage integrates with Azure’s as well as any other CDN directlyCDN integrationThe standard Storage Class claims to be sufficient to serve as CDN for your (streaming)content
Azure Storage doesn’t have special interconnects publishedPeering & interconnectScaleway has a large number of peering interfaces in Amsterdam, and is otherwise connected very well in Warsaw and Paris
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.

Scaleway Object Storage

Scaleway, mostly known for its performance cloud computing brand, launched their Object Storage product some time in 2020. Although quite late, in comparison to other Cloud Compute platforms, they used their to time to release a quality product. Another cool feature is that Scaleway has full GDPR compatibility with their DCs in Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw.

Their list of customers includes Adobe, Dailymotion, and Malwarebytes.

Comparisons