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Scott A.

IT Administrator

Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.)

1/12/2022

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"Great way to quickly setup cloud based file repositories."

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Storage Gateway?

The ease of setup was one of the best things about utilizing AWS Storage Gateway in our production environment. We used a Stored Volume gateway in order to retain data local for quick access, and adding the VM into our VMware enviornment was quick and easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Storage Gateway?

Increasing the size of Stored Volumes was a bit of a pain. Typically you had to restore from a previous snapshot onto a larger disk on your VM. On large volumes in environments with slow internet connections, this will result in long periods of exposure where you are not getting snapshots of your data for backup retention. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS Storage Gateway:

I would recommend carefully sizing your volumes with the AWS Storage Gateway, especially if you plan to use Stored Volumes. Increasing the size of these types of volumes leaves you exposed for a minimum of a period of a few hours to potentially a few days, depending on your environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Storage Gateway solving and how is that benefiting you?

Before implementing the AWS Storage Gateway, we were not backing up data off-site. Following the 3-2-1 best practice, we utilized the AWS Storage Gateway to backup our critical data off-site on EBS snapshots. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Rating Updated (1/14/2022)
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