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 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 solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."
"Amazon EBS is a storage system, and the storage is attached to the servers."
"The product comes with multiple central port installations like gp2 and gp3."
"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 product’s most valuable feature is IOPS."
"The durability and snapshot capabilities are good."
"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."
"The stability seems to be very reliable."
"The tool is most valuable for scenarios involving logs and monitoring. For example, logs are generated when using services like Front Door."
"The product offers hierarchical storage and we like the main space storage with business."
"The solution has introduced cool-tier storage that allows us to store and save data."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Block Storage are it stores different types of data traditional data and connectivity through FTP. Additionally, we do not need a high-speed fetching system for operations and filesharing works well for us."
"The major benefit of using Microsoft Azure Block Storage is that it supports various types of data, including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, without requiring different tools to read each type. This comprehensive approach simplifies the data handling process for data engineers and allows for seamless data transfer to downstream applications. In essence, this is a data paradigm shift that enables easy ingestion of diverse data types."
"The most helpful features of Microsoft Azure Block Storage are the many use cases. Additionally, it can be locked down well and has two-factor authentication."
"RBAC, access control, soft delete, hard delete, and cool and hot storage tiers are some of the features I have found valuable in Azure Block storage."
"I think performance can be improved."
"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."
"Amazon EBS performs well but it could improve."
"It would be better to analyze and find a way to merge both the file systems of Linux and Windows."
"The setup could be easier."
"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."
"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 folder search capabilities are not really up to par."
"It is also costly and not cheap compared to Internet-based networks."
"The integrations right now are limited, however, we are hopeful this will improve as the cloud continues to develop."
"There is a drawback or limitation to the GRS storage feature because depending on the amount of data, it could take a lot of time."
"We have not had the best experience with customer service and support."
"We cannot properly check the daily cost in the Azure portal."
"The tool could be cheaper."
"The solution could use a couple of security features."
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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 "A stable and widely accepted solution". 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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