Part of the Azure Family
Yes, Azure Files and Nasuni for Azure both offer cost-effective SMB and NPS files available through the Microsoft Marketplace. Both count toward Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitments (MACC And both use Azure storage (Nasure uses Azure Blob object storage, and Azure flies uses, well, Azure Files storage).
But the differences are clear.
Azure Files without limits
Over 600 Azure customers chose Nasuni as their hybrid cloud storage solution, and Microsoft’s Cloud Specialists have called Nasuni the “upgrade to Azure Files” and “the enterprise version of Azure Files.” Why? Nasuni offers three key advantages:
Effortless scale
No volume, directory, or file size limits. Spend less time managing file servers, hardware refresh cycles, or capacity planning, so you can focus on activating your unstructured file data for AI. Working in scaling without hardware constraints.
Ultimate data security
Native ransomware protection, unlimited immutable snapshots (RPOs), and instant disaster recovery for every edge location.
Work from anywhere
Collaborate with file locking across Azure cloud regions and on-premises locations, and empower remote workers with fast VPN-less access.
Let your file storage requirements be your guide
Choose Nasuni for Azure when you need:
Scale: A global file system that scales without limits so you’re not managing multiple file data silos and on-premises systems
Fast Collaboration: File locking across Azure regions and on-premises locations for file collaboration without version conflict
Speed: Fast file access, plus up-to-the minute recovery points and near-instant recovery times so users aren’t waiting around or constantly recreating lost work
Remote Performance: Fast VPN-less access to file shares to support a remote/hybrid workforce
Resilience: Ransomware detection, mitigation policies, and one-click restore of only infected files to reduce business risk
Mac Support: macOS color tagging, long file/path names, and extended metadata attributes to keep your Mac users happy
Efficiency: On-premises file sync without the need for Windows servers to minimize hardware cost and administrative overhead
Multi-Cloud: Support for AWS, Google Cloud, or private cloud storage to meet regional performance or GDPR requirements (or to keep your options open)
Know the details | Nasuni for Azure | Azure Files |
| Azure storage account | Azure Blob | Azure Files |
| Protocol support | SMB, NFS, S3, HTTPS | SMB, NFS |
| Cloud support | Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, private cloud (on-premises) | Azure |
| Maximum account size | Unlimited | 100 TB |
| Maximum snapshots (RPO) | Unlimited | 200 |
| Ransomware protection | ✔ | ✖ |
| Global file lock | ✔ | ✖ |
| 15-min disaster recovery at every edge location | ✔ | ✖ |
| Microsoft Copilot integration | ✔ | ✔ |
| File data analytics to optimize AI Models | ✔ | ✖ |
| Microsoft Sentinel integration | ✔ | ✔ |