We performed a comparison between Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) 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."We can run code and deploy it whenever we want."
"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 initial setup was straightforward."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"The most beneficial feature of the product for data storage stems from the fact that it serves as a shared file storage."
"EFS is flexible."
"I appreciate Amazon's extensive range of services, which makes it a favorable choice."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"I like the product’s versioning and file share features. The file share feature is most useful when we are connecting on-premises services. Azure file share helps to migrate small data amounts from on-premises to the cloud."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage is an easy-to-use tool as it has a lot of APIs and libraries, making it a very easy product to get started with for a user."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is the backing up of files."
"Storing and then retrieving data are the most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Block Storage."
"The tool is most valuable for scenarios involving logs and monitoring. For example, logs are generated when using services like Front Door."
"The data lake is invaluable. We also use Microsoft SQL in terms of structuring the data and getting into a position where it could be useful to support reporting. We Databricks for data science. We incorporated Databricks with that as well."
"The solution is stable."
"The interface seems strange and complicated."
"It could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances."
"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."
"It should be simplified. There are people who don't have cloud experience. It should be storage that we are able to just connect to."
"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."
"When we faced some issues, the support team took a lot of time to resolve them."
"Its deployment process could be faster while installing the Python package directly into the environment."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage could improve by having integration with Amazon AWS. The file transfer could be easier."
"The solution's downside is related to its documentation, which I believe can be difficult to navigate because it is hidden between or within other pages of the product's manual."
"The initial setup of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is more complex than Google Drive, but it is still not too difficult."
"The tool could be cheaper."
"We cannot properly check the daily cost in the Azure portal."
"The implementation can be quite technical."
"Licensing costs are pretty high."
"The solution could use a couple of security features."
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Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is ranked 5th in Cloud Storage with 10 reviews while Microsoft Azure Block Storage is ranked 7th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 56 reviews. Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure Block Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) writes "Offers integration capabilities that improve areas like storage and security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Block Storage writes "A stable and widely accepted solution". Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is most compared with Microsoft Azure File Storage, Google Cloud Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Azure NetApp Files, whereas Microsoft Azure Block Storage is most compared with Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), Rackspace Cloud Block Storage, Wasabi, Amazon S3 Glacier and Azure NetApp Files. See our Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs. Microsoft Azure Block Storage report.
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