We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Amazon EBS is a storage system, and the storage is attached to the servers."
"When I have to change the operating system or delete a host, I can store the data in EBS or assign it to another host."
"The product’s most valuable feature is IOPS."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is backup...Amazon EBS is a very good product since it is very easy to enhance or increase and migrate your servers immediately, in a matter of seconds."
"The most valuable features of Amazon EBS are the ease of mounting any file system and good for block storage. We can use secondary storage for our difficult instances and it performs well."
"The most important feature is the volume types in those hundred EDS. For example, if you need a volume with high IOPS, you should choose an io2 or io2 Block Express volume type. The default volume type for EBS is GP3, which is a good balance of performance and price for most workloads."
"The durability and snapshot capabilities are good."
"The product comes with multiple central port installations like gp2 and gp3."
"We are not that big of a cloud user. We just use it for the storage of our bytes. The most valuable aspect is the storage."
"The solution is scalable."
"We can run code and deploy it whenever we want."
"The most beneficial feature of the product for data storage stems from the fact that it serves as a shared file storage."
"I appreciate Amazon's extensive range of services, which makes it a favorable choice."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy, as per the configurations."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"Its elasticity and flexible pricing are the most valuable. For Amazon EFS, you are charged based on the storage. It is also very fast and stable with a very simple and intuitive interface."
"It would be better to analyze and find a way to merge both the file systems of Linux and Windows."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The cost of using EBS is high compared to other cloud vendors such as Tencent Cloud or CARI Cloud. Some costs are generated immediately and some are likely to increase."
"I think performance can be improved."
"The setup could be easier."
"It would be good if the solution added a button to increase the size and make the EC2 machine recognize the increased capacity of the EBS."
"There is room for improvement in terms of file storage. Recently, we had a scenario in which, in a file share, we had increased the IOPS capacity; this was for the production environment."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"Around 80 percent of the features of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) are available on Linux and not in Windows, making it a major drawback of the product."
"The user activity needs to be more connected."
"The product's stability has some shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Specifically, when it comes to the file system for the learning system, we encountered performance issues with both Azure and AWS."
"It could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances."
"Its deployment process could be faster while installing the Python package directly into the environment."
"When we faced some issues, the support team took a lot of time to resolve them."
"The interface seems strange and complicated."
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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is ranked 9th in Cloud Storage with 16 reviews while Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is ranked 5th in Cloud Storage with 10 reviews. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is rated 8.6, while Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) writes "Easy to setup and afforadable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) writes "Offers integration capabilities that improve areas like storage and security". Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is most compared with Microsoft Azure Block Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier, Oracle Cloud Object Storage and Microsoft Azure File Storage, whereas Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is most compared with Microsoft Azure File Storage, Google Cloud Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Amazon S3 Glacier. See our Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) report.
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