Infortrend EonCloud Gateway vs Wasabi Cloud NAS

Infortrend EonCloud Gateway connects local storage with cloud services for data migration, caching, backup, and tiering. It supports five workflows: cloud file cache, cloud file sync, cloud volume replication, cloud archiving storage, and cloud tiering. File- and block-level transfers can use protocols including NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, FTP, and Rsync. Listed cloud targets include Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, OpenStack, Baidu Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Wasabi, Yandex Object Storage, hiCloud, HCP, and Backblaze Cloud. Cache policies range from high-priority and local-only settings to rules that prevent caching on reads or writes. Infortrend says the gateway uses a unique key for data encryption and SSL for cloud transmissions; compression and deduplication reduce data size. Reports cover cloud connection status, network transfer, local access, and cache use. The hybrid product is self-hosted and intended for enterprises. It requires at least 8GB of system memory. Pricing is on request, with a 90-day trial and no free plan; license upgrades depend on the purchased storage model.

Wasabi Cloud NAS is cloud gateway software that extends on-premises NAS, SAN, or DAS capacity with Wasabi object storage. A configuration wizard connects existing storage and starts offloading data, while files remain visible as though they were on local servers. Wasabi says files are retrievable within milliseconds, and that backup images can be reduced and repopulated from the cloud within minutes after a failure. The software installs on a Microsoft Windows server; team devices need no client software. It uses a hybrid deployment model, supports SMB and NFS, and provides edge synchronization with S3-compatible storage. Object features include versioning, lifecycle rules, immutability, cross-region replication, and a maximum object size of 5120 GB. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, with HTTPS, customer-provided SSE-C keys, MFA, IAM policies, Multi-User Authorization, and enterprise SSO options. Pay-as-you-go pricing is $9.99 a month per TB, with a 10 TB active-storage minimum.