We performed a comparison between Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Amazon S3 Glacier, and Google Cloud Storage Nearline based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Amazon, Google and others in Public Cloud Storage Services."The solution is scalable."
"EFS is flexible."
"Its elasticity and flexible pricing are the most valuable. For Amazon EFS, you are charged based on the storage. It is also very fast and stable with a very simple and intuitive interface."
"I appreciate Amazon's extensive range of services, which makes it a favorable choice."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The most beneficial feature of the product for data storage stems from the fact that it serves as a shared file storage."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"We can run code and deploy it whenever we want."
"We use the solution for migration."
"The solution is stable."
"We save money with the product."
"We like that the price is cheaper."
"I like the price. If you compare Glacier to others, the prices in terms of what you store beyond retention are much lower."
"It is a very comprehensive tool."
"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 most valuable feature of Nearline is the access. It's helpful to move data that is generated once a month, such as salary information, to Nearline."
"It provides the necessary support and flexibility to manage data storage effectively, especially during times of variable data flow."
"Nearline is highly stable."
"It can isolate files and stop them from corrupting other files."
"The capacity and space on offer are excellent."
"The data structure and the types of data that are supported are very good."
"Google is always introducing new features and tends to have a new release every month."
"I find the flexibility in storing documents or data and the ease of retrieval valuable with this solution."
"The lack of transparency in the costs attached to the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"When we faced some issues, the support team took a lot of time to resolve them."
"Specifically, when it comes to the file system for the learning system, we encountered performance issues with both Azure and AWS."
"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."
"The user activity needs to be more connected."
"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."
"It could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances."
"Its deployment process could be faster while installing the Python package directly into the environment."
"The product takes more time to secure data when the bandwidth is low."
"The product is difficult to use."
"Although Amazon S3 Glacier is cheap, its data retrieval cost is very high compared to other solutions."
"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 product needs to improve cloud security."
"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."
"Their pricing structure is always a big topic. It's so difficult to understand."
"The stability must be improved."
"The UI could be a little bit more effective."
"They need a better, more visual, user interface for folders and files."
"The solution needs to offer better System Information and Event Management (SEIM). I'd like to discover how we could implement something like that within Google's cloud."
"They should provide more options or flexibility in terms of pricing."
"Nearline security could be better. The solution could integrate better with SEIM tools."
"The pricing is quite high."
"The interface for managing file storage in the buckets could be improved."
"The suggestion for improvement primarily revolves around cost efficiency."
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