Amazon Web Services → Microsoft Azure
Azure equivalent of AWS Storage Gateway – Volume Gateway
Azure has no current equivalent of AWS Storage Gateway Volume Gateway.
About AWS Storage Gateway – Volume Gateway
| Provider | Amazon Web Services |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Cloud-backed iSCSI volumes for on-premises servers, either cached (primary data in S3, hot data local) or stored (all data local, with snapshots to AWS as EBS snapshots). |
| Documentation | docs.aws.amazon.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Azure mappings (1)
| Capability | Azure equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud-backed iSCSI volumes on premises | StorSimple Retired | No equivalent |
Hybrid storage gateways(1)
Cloud-backed iSCSI volumes on premises No equivalent
Azure has no current equivalent of AWS Storage Gateway Volume Gateway. Microsoft's comparison lists "None", and StorSimple, Azure's former hybrid storage array, has reached end of support.
- On Azure, the usual alternatives are Azure Backup for on-premises servers, Azure Site Recovery for replication into Azure, or Azure Local with its own storage.