| Phoenix NAP | Features | Azure Storage |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud based | ||
| GDPR Compliant | ||
| On premise | ||
| Open source | ||
| Versioned files | ||
| Cross Region Replication | ||
| API | ||
| S3 Compatible API | ||
| Portal | Management interfaces | Portal, CLI, REST api |
| Event hooks/pubsub | ||
| SLA | Best effort. Credits below 99.9%. That is 43 minutes of downtime allowed per month without having to issue credits | |
| Maximum object filesize | ~4.75 TB | |
| Minimum 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)) | |
| Recommended max file count per bucket | Unlimited, as long as you stay under 5PB across your account | |
| Max filesize for a bucket | ||
| Maximum amount of buckets | unlimited | |
| Logs | ||
| Authentication / ACL | Shared access signature allows authenticated access to objects | |
| CDN integration | Azure Storage integrates with Azure’s as well as any other CDN directly | |
| Phoenix announced to take part in Google Cloud’s Interconnect | Peering & interconnect | Azure Storage doesn’t have special interconnects published |
| Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown | ||
Being a traditional hosting company, Phoenix NAP has always been working to offer the latest and greatest in cloud services and the hosting space.
Their fully S3-compatible storage solution offer, combined with their bare-metal and on-premise cloud solutions, are a fine choice for anyone not willing to give in to the “giants”, like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.
PhoenixNAP has valuable partnerships with large tech companies, such as Cisco, Intel, and VMware.
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.
