We performed a comparison between Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), 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 solution is scalable."
"EFS is flexible."
"I appreciate Amazon's extensive range of services, which makes it a favorable choice."
"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."
"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 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."
"The product is easy to use."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a stable and scalable solution."
"We use the solution for migration."
"I like the price. If you compare Glacier to others, the prices in terms of what you store beyond retention are much lower."
"The data archive feature is valuable."
"The solution’s storage management is good and dynamic. The product is highly stable. The solution is highly scalable. The customer service and support is good. The initial setup is straightforward. I recommend the solution."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a scalable and easy-to-manage solution with good read-write capability."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is scalable, flexible, easy to maintain and handle."
"We use Microsoft Azure Block Storage to store, upload and download data. We can also use it as a backup."
"The ease of setup is the primary reason we use Azure Block Storage. The setup takes one or two days, and we had help from Microsoft. We had five people on our team."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is its performance."
"The ease of integration with services like CDN and computing makes it compelling and cost-effective."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Block Storage are it stores different types of data traditional data and connectivity through FTP. Additionally, we do not need a high-speed fetching system for operations and filesharing works well for us."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is the backing up of files."
"The initial setup for the production areas was on premise, which is very simple."
"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."
"Its deployment process could be faster while installing the Python package directly into the environment."
"The user activity needs to be more connected."
"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."
"It could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances."
"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."
"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 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 product is difficult to use."
"The pricing is a bit expensive. There is room for improvement in costs."
"The product takes more time to secure data when the bandwidth is low."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a cheaper tool if you're running it on-prem, but it is expensive if deployed on the cloud."
"The product needs to improve cloud security."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"In terms of improvement, it could use better integration with non-propriety tools. Azure pushes you down a data factory road for integrations but data factory isn't always a scalable, viable solution, particularly when using large numbers ofconnections to IoT solutions."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage could improve by allowing the switching of the hot tier to the cold tier."
"The solution can be improved by including quicker hard drive access and larger bandwidth as part of the standard licensing fee."
"There are some space limitations."
"It should be easier to deploy."
"I would like for the next release to replace the CDN being used for content delivery, there is currently a rather long delay."
"The user interface is very difficult."
"The integrations right now are limited, however, we are hopeful this will improve as the cloud continues to develop."
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