NetApp Data Migrator vs Peer Global File Service
| NetApp Data Migrator | Peer Global File Service | |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | Yes | |
| Platforms | Linux, Web, Windows | Linux, self-hosted, Windows |
| Free plan | Yes | |
| Workload scope | file | file |
| Migration mode | both | both |
| Metadata preservation | Yes | Yes |
| Access preservation | Yes | Yes |
| Supported platforms | Any NAS server, including Dell Isilon, ONTAP, Vanilla Linux, Windows, and Cloud Volumes ONTAP; destinations include Azure NetApp Files, Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, and Cloud Volumes ONTAP; protocols include NFS 4.1/3.0 and SMB 3.1/3.0/2.0 | Windows File Servers, Linux File Servers, NetApp, Nutanix Files, Dell PowerScale, Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity, Dell PowerEdge, Amazon FSx for ONTAP, Cloud Volumes ONTAP, S3, Azure Blob |
| Cutover orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Migration reporting | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment model | hybrid | |
| Global namespace | Yes | |
| Local caching | Yes | |
| Supported protocols | SMB, NFS v3, NFS v4 | |
| Cloud storage targets | Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, NetApp StorageGRID, Nutanix Objects | |
| Edge synchronization | Yes |
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