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Filebase compared to Azure Storage

Filebase
Versus
Azure Storage

Features

Storage Features of Filebase compared to Azure Storage
FilebaseFeaturesAzure Storage
Cloud based
GDPR Compliant
On premise
Open source
Versioned files
Cross Region Replication
API
S3 Compatible API
Portal, CLI, REST apiManagement interfacesPortal, CLI, REST api
Event hooks/pubsub
SLABest effort. Credits below 99.9%. That is 43 minutes of downtime allowed per month without having to issue credits
300GB, files should be uploaded in segments of 5 GBMaximum object filesize~4.75 TB
0-byte files are not supported, it’s unknown how much overhead 1 file creates in terms of billable sizeMinimum 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))

unlimitedRecommended max file count per bucketUnlimited, as long as you stay under 5PB across your account
unlimitedMax filesize for a bucket
unlimitedMaximum amount of bucketsunlimited
Logs
Authentication / ACLShared access signature allows authenticated access to objects
There are documentation pages to set up Fastly and BunnyCDN, and Filebase has their own ‘Edge Caching Technology’CDN integrationAzure Storage integrates with Azure’s as well as any other CDN directly
Since Filebase is utilizing decentralized storage, there should be a semi-global distributed network to support the network. Performance is, due to this reason, questionable at bestPeering & interconnectAzure Storage doesn’t have special interconnects published
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions

Filebase

Filebase is one of the next generation cloud storage providers. Offering a layer of storage management on decentralized solutions to make the transition from web2 to web3 feel like a breeze.

Filebase leverages the power of Blockchain to ensure global storage redundancy by utilising a couple of decentralized solutions like Storj. Unique to this approach is the aggregation model, which, even in regular storage land isn’t used as much as you’d like to see. Bundling services like this means you’ll move slower in terms of feature parity since you can only offer functionality offered by all underlying providers.

Filebase offers an afforable, flat-based price for egress as well as stored bytes.

With their S3 compatible API, Filebase’s solution looks like a great alternative to Openstack, if you’re not worried about performance or uptime SLA’s.

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.

Comparisons