Comparison matrix
The following comparison matrix shows basic functionality of different tools that can be used for migration of unstructured data.
Tip
Azure File Sync can be utilized for migrating data to Azure Files, even if you don't intend to use a hybrid solution for on-premises caching or syncing. This migration process is efficient and causes no downtime. To use Azure File Sync as a migration tool, simply deploy it and, after the migration is finished, remove the server endpoint. Ideally Azure File Sync would be used long-term, while Storage Mover and AzCopy are intended for migration focused activities.
Overview comparison
| Microsoft | Microsoft | Data Dynamics | Komprise | Atempo | Cirrus Data | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solution name | AzCopy | Azure Storage Mover | Data Mobility and Migration | Elastic Data Migration | Miria | Migrate Cloud |
| Support provided by | Microsoft | Microsoft | Data Dynamics1 | Komprise1 | Atempo1 | Cirrus Data1 |
| Assessment | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SAN Migration | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| NFS to Azure Blob | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| NFS to NFS | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| SMB to Azure Files | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| SMB to Azure NetApp Files | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Lustre | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Tip
As Cirrus Data specializes in SAN / Block data migrations, we have ommitted them from the remainder of this document. For more information about Cirrus Data and their Migrate Cloud solution, please review the Cirrus Data getting Started Guide.
Supported Azure services
| Microsoft | Microsoft | Data Dynamics | Komprise | Atempo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solution name | AzCopy | Azure Storage Mover | Data Mobility and Migration | Elastic Data Migration | Miria |
| Support provided by | Microsoft | Microsoft | Data Dynamics1 | Komprise1 | Atempo1 |
| Azure Files support (all tiers) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Azure NetApp Files support | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Azure Blob Hot / Cool support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Azure Blob Archive tier support | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Azure Data Lake Storage support | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Supported Sources | Any NAS, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Google Cloud Storage, and AWS S3 | Any SMB/NFS share on servers and NAS devices | Any NAS, and S3 | Any NAS, Cloud File Storage, or S3 | Any NAS, S3, PFS, and Swift |
Supported protocols (source / destination)
| Microsoft | Microsoft | Data Dynamics | Komprise | Atempo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solution name | AzCopy | Azure Storage Mover | Data Mobility and Migration | Elastic Data Migration | Miria |
| SMB 2.1 | Source | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SMB 3.0 | Source | Source | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SMB 3.1 | Source/Destination (Azure Files SMB) | Source/Destination (Azure Files SMB) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NFS v3 | Source/Destination (Azure Blob NFSv3) | Source/Destination (Azure Blob NFSv3) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NFS v4.1 | Source | Source | Yes | No | Yes |
| Blob REST API | Yes | Destination | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| S3 | Source | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Cloud Storage | Source | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Extended features
| Microsoft | Microsoft | Data Dynamics | Komprise | Atempo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solution name | AzCopy | Azure Storage Mover | Data Mobility and Migration | Elastic Data Migration | Miria |
| UID / SID remapping | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Protocol ACL remapping | No | No | No | No | No |
| Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Throttling support | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| File pattern exclusions | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Support for selective file attributes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Delete propagations | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Follow NTFS junctions | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Override SMB Owner and Group Owner | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chain of custody reporting | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Support for alternate data streams | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Scheduling for migration | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Preserving ACL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DACL support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SACL support | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Preserving access time | Yes (Azure Files) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Preserving modified time | Yes (Azure Files) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Preserving creation time | Yes (Azure Files) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Azure Data Box support | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Migration of snapshots | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Symbolic link support | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Hard link support | Migrated as separate files | Migrated as separate files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Support for open / locked files | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Incremental migration | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Switchover support | No | No | Yes | No (manual only) | Yes |
| Other features | Link | Link | Link | Link |
Assessment and reporting
| Microsoft | Microsoft | Data Dynamics | Komprise | Atempo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solution name | AzCopy | Azure Storage Mover | Data Mobility and Migration | Elastic Data Migration | Miria |
| Capacity | No | Reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| # of files / folders | Yes | Reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Age distribution over time | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Access time | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Modified time | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Creation time | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Per file / object report status | Yes | Reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Licensing
| Microsoft | Microsoft | Data Dynamics | Komprise | Atempo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solution name | AzCopy | Azure Storage Mover | Data Mobility and Migration | Elastic Data Migration | Miria |
| BYOL | Free | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Azure Commitment | Free | Free | Yes | Yes | No |
Other features
AzCopy
- Multi-platform support
- Windows 32-bit / 64-bit
- Linux x86-64 and ARM64
- macOS Intel and ARM64
- Benchmarking azcopy bench
- Supports block blobs, page blobs, and append blobs
- MD5 checks for downloads
- Customizable transfer rate to preserve bandwidth on the client
- Tagging
Data Dynamics Data Mobility and Migration
- Hash validation
Komprise Elastic Data Migration
- Project/directory based migrations
- Migration prechecks with analytics
- Migration planning with analytics
- Assessment / reporting: File types, file size, project based
- Assessment / reporting: Custom metadata-based searches
- Simple UI migration management
- API access to automate large migration jobs
- Automatic retry of failures
- Access time-based analytics for Azure Blob Storage, and S3
- Tagging support
- Support 24 x 7 x 365
- In-product support via chat built-in
- Hash validation
Atempo Miria
- Custom metadata management
- Automation through API
- Petabyte-scale data movements
- Hash validation
Note
List was last verified on August 24, 2023
See also
- Storage migration overview
- Choose an Azure solution for data transfer
- Migrate to Azure file shares
- Migrate to Data Lake Storage with WANdisco LiveData Platform for Azure
- Copy or move data to Azure Storage with AzCopy
- Migrate large datasets to Azure Blob Storage with AzReplicate (sample application)
Important
1 Support provided by ISV, not Microsoft
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