We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), Amazon S3, 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 durability and snapshot capabilities are good."
"The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."
"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 product's initial setup phase was easy to manage."
"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 of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is its scalability."
"The product comes with multiple central port installations like gp2 and gp3."
"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."
"What I found most valuable in Amazon S3 is its versioning feature. I also like that you can create pre-signed URLs on the solution."
"The integration with Cloudfront helps in fetching the static phase and default phases in case our actual service is down."
"I've also used Azure's tool, and S3 is far more stable I haven't seen the same issues on AWS that I'm having on Azure. Amazon CloudFront is way faster. The websites are loading way faster than when you do it on Azure CDN."
"Amazon S3 has multiple types of data detection. You can store data on a monthly basis, yearly basis, and long term basis."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is its flexibility as a solution to suit many different use cases."
"We appreciate that this solution is relatively easy to use, straightforward, and reliable."
"I used Amazon AWS/S3 solution to prove my concept before deploying it on real hardware. It was a great experience and was really scalable."
"The solution is good and includes all the features we expect."
"Microsoft is currently updating a few features, such as object sizes and tiering, which were not available previously."
"Azure Block Storage has very good integration with the Microsoft suite, which helps a lot when creating a digital workspace."
"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."
"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."
"It is easy to integrate with applications."
"We use this solution for backup storage on our on-premise backup."
"The tier feature in V2 is the most valuable feature of this solution. It enables you to move your storage from hot tier to cold tier into archive tier."
"In terms of latency, bandwidth, and productivity, Azure Block Storage is better than other solutions."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"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."
"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."
"It would be better to analyze and find a way to merge both the file systems of Linux and Windows."
"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 needs to improve its user interface for data transactions."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"There are some scalability limitations."
"The tool helps us with data backup storage of payment files and helps us avoid issues with clients when we miss the data. For instance, in the payment file of my Google client, you can find details of one-to-one transactions like the payment information on the file header, payment ID, payment client ID, group headers, etc. We get these details into the file format of ISO which is the accepted format at JP Morgan & Chase. Once we get the file format, we process it through S3."
"You do need to get training on the setup process."
"The solution could improve by having a simpler way to have the detail size of a file in the CLI to be read or understood easier. Today, it's a little raw in the way the details are presented. You have to make some scripts and some modifications to be able to see the information properly of the size of a given bucket or the size of a file."
"I would like to see the API for beginners improved because it is hard to understand."
"Amazon S3 could improve by having more frequent updates."
"Maybe it could be a bit cheaper."
"They should improve in the area of metadata curation."
"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."
"Some big customers have experienced some problems with the stability of the Azure cloud."
"The solution needs a direct connection to visualization."
"The product is not as stable as we would like it to be."
"If the documentation could be improved then it would be very good. Right now, if you face a question, you have to guess how it works or you have to test your hypothesis."
"The folder search capabilities are not really up to par."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage could improve by allowing the switching of the hot tier to the cold tier."
"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."
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