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."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 most valuable feature is its scalability. I can easily scale the block from terabytes to gigabytes."
"The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."
"Amazon EBS is a storage system, and the storage is attached to the servers."
"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 product comes with multiple central port installations like gp2 and gp3."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is its scalability."
"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."
"I like the price. If you compare Glacier to others, the prices in terms of what you store beyond retention are much lower."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is great for storing data you don't usually need access to. It's also well-integrated with Amazon S3."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a scalable and easy-to-manage solution with good read-write capability."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly stable solution."
"I find Amazon S3 Glacier valuable for storing various documents like purchase orders, standard documents, and drawings."
"The product is easy to use."
"It is the most feature-rich platform."
"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."
"Amazon EBS performs well but it could improve."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"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."
"Amazon EBS needs to improve its user interface for data transactions."
"The features could be improved."
"I feel that there are some concerns when it comes to the accessibility area of the product where improvements are required."
"The pricing is a bit expensive. There is room for improvement in costs."
"Although Amazon S3 Glacier is cheap, its data retrieval cost is very high compared to other solutions."
"I would like to see the retrieval time reduced."
"Amazon S3 Glacier's data retrieval time is slow compared to other AWS storage services and should be improved."
"The stability must be improved."
"They should increase the data limit for the free version or reduce the price."
"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 product takes more time to secure data when the bandwidth is low."
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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is ranked 10th 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, Google Cloud Storage and Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), whereas Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Wasabi and Microsoft Azure Block Storage. See our Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Amazon S3 Glacier report.
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