We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Amazon S3 Glacier 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."The tool has different types of volumes, like SSD and HDD."
"The product’s most valuable feature is IOPS."
"One of the most valuable was snapshots. There were scenarios in which the whole EC2 crashed, or we were unable to use it for some time, but the data on the mounted volumes were crucial to us. So, at that time, snapshots were very helpful."
"When it comes to valuable features, ease of use would be number one."
"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 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."
"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 comes with multiple central port installations like gp2 and gp3."
"The solution is stable."
"I find Amazon S3 Glacier valuable for storing various documents like purchase orders, standard documents, and drawings."
"I like creating buckets where data can be segregated at a high level and then routing the appropriate data to each designated bucket. In terms of value, I would say that the tool gets the job done in a simpler manner."
"We get free credits from Amazon, and we like the overall stability. We haven't had to rely heavily on their customer success teams, which is a good sign."
"The tool is simple to use and not very expensive."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a stable and scalable solution."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is an easy-to-use solution."
"The solution is great for storing data you don't usually need access to. It's also well-integrated with Amazon S3."
"In Amazon EBS, it is difficult to reduce the space chosen by the customer. The cost increases the moment the size of the storage increases, and I will have to pay for two TB of the tool instead of one TB."
"The features could be improved."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"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 is not easy."
"Amazon EBS needs to improve its user interface for data transactions."
"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."
"I feel that there are some concerns when it comes to the accessibility area of the product where improvements are required."
"The product needs to improve cloud security."
"A couple of times, we faced outage issues that caused us problems."
"Technical support needs improvement. Previously, even though we had premium and enterprise support, the response time would be quicker if we ran into issues, but now it is slowed down. The analytical dashboard feature, like the CloudOps dashboard, should be included in the next release of the Amazon S3 Glacier."
"The solution's pricing is too expensive and could be improved."
"The solution's dashboard is a bit complicated and could be improved."
"I believe the usage reporting could be simplified, particularly for billing purposes. Overall, I find Amazon S3 Glacier's reporting system somewhat confusing compared to other hyperscalers in the market."
"Although Amazon S3 Glacier is cheap, its data retrieval cost is very high compared to other solutions."
"There is room for improvement in handling GDPR compliance better. GDPR is about personal data protection and retention. It would be great if S3 Glacier could handle compliance items related to this, especially with upcoming legislation like the California law, which restricts data storage time and allows users to request data deletion."
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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is ranked 9th in Cloud Storage with 16 reviews while Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 2nd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 35 reviews. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is rated 8.6, while Amazon S3 Glacier 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 S3 Glacier writes "A cost-effective solution to reduce storage and cost footprint". Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is most compared with Microsoft Azure Block Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) and Microsoft Azure File Storage, whereas Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Wasabi and Rackspace Cloud Block Storage. See our Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Amazon S3 Glacier report.
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