We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Microsoft Azure Block Storage 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 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."
"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 tool has different types of volumes, like SSD and HDD."
"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 it comes to valuable features, ease of use would be number one."
"Amazon EBS is a storage system, and the storage is attached to the servers."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy to manage."
"The stability seems to be very reliable."
"The product’s security features are valuable."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Block Storage are flexibility and the possibility to trigger actions."
"It can scale."
"We use this solution for backup storage on our on-premise backup."
"The price is decent. I rate Azure Block Storage eight out of 10 for affordability."
"This is a very stable solution."
"Azure Block Storage lets you customize code you can use on that endpoint. If you want to write a logic for something, Azure Function can be used to deploy that application."
"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."
"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."
"I think performance can be improved."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"It is hard to access EBS volumes in different Availability Zones (AZs) because most EBS volumes are created in a single AZ."
"Amazon EBS needs to improve its user interface for data transactions."
"The features could be improved."
"Amazon EBS performs well but it could improve."
"One of the biggest challenges on Azure infrastructure is that sometimes we don't get what we want. Either we have to wait for it or contact support because something is not working for us... It's the system availability that is the difficult point."
"Customer support could be improved, it can be difficult getting appropriate support."
"Licensing costs are pretty high."
"The solution could have better archival policies and localization of data."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage can improve the configuration to be more user-friendly."
"They could create more readability of files."
"Azure Block Storage could use more capacity."
"I find the user interface of newer versions, particularly, the flows, not user-friendly. The UI of Azure’s initial version was very comfortable. I didn’t have to remember floor menus. I knew where I had to go to see the logs or grab configuration parameters."
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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is ranked 9th in Cloud Storage with 16 reviews while Microsoft Azure Block Storage is ranked 7th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 56 reviews. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure Block Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) writes "Easy to setup and afforadable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Block Storage writes "Straightforward to set up and reliable with good features on offer". Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is most compared with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier, Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) and Microsoft Azure File Storage, whereas Microsoft Azure Block Storage is most compared with Rackspace Cloud Block Storage, Wasabi, Amazon S3 Glacier, Azure NetApp Files and Zadara. See our Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Microsoft Azure Block Storage report.
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