We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), Amazon S3 Glacier, and Microsoft Azure Block Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, Nasuni, Google and others in Cloud Storage."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 durability and snapshot capabilities are good."
"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 tool has different types of volumes, like SSD and HDD."
"The product’s most valuable feature is IOPS."
"The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy to manage."
"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."
"The data archive feature is valuable."
"The solution is stable."
"The product automatically replicates objects from a S3 bucket in one region to another bucket in a different region."
"The reliability of storage is the main benefit."
"The pricing is low, and it's dedicated to archiving is valuable to us."
"It is the most feature-rich platform."
"Storing and then retrieving data are the most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Block Storage."
"The setup is straightforward."
"It can be deployed independently and supports every kind of deployment."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is the security and the management of user access from on-premise to the cloud."
"The initial setup for the production areas was on premise, which is very simple."
"The tool is pretty easy to use."
"The ease of integration with services like CDN and computing makes it compelling and cost-effective."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage has the same features as other solutions, but I like that its implementation process is straightforward."
"I feel that there are some concerns when it comes to the accessibility area of the product where improvements are required."
"It would be better to analyze and find a way to merge both the file systems of Linux and Windows."
"Amazon EBS performs well but it could improve."
"I think performance can be improved."
"The features could be improved."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"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 setup could be easier."
"The response times could be faster. When you are with Amazon and use Glacier, you expect a response time between four to seven hours to retrieve the data."
"The solution's cloud storage is very expensive, and users may not be able to afford cloud storage."
"The product is difficult to use."
"The tool could be made cheaper."
"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."
"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."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage could improve by having integration with Amazon AWS. The file transfer could be easier."
"The product is not as stable as we would like it to be."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage could improve the SFTP. The SFTP can be used for exchanging data between two parties and it works but Microsoft is new to this market and they could be a lot better in this area with its features."
"The solution needs a direct connection to visualization."
"The folder search capabilities are not really up to par."
"The solution could use a couple of security features."
"One thing that needs improvement is authentication. They need to improve the integrated Azure Active Directory for the enterprise level. For single sign-on, we can try any authentication or portal for Block Azure Function AKS. For example, if you're an administrator or user contributor, you will generate a token, then your internal middleware connects to any Azure Cloud service. You need to generate different credentials for each service. We cannot use the same token."
"Licensing costs are pretty high."
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