We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) 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."The product's initial setup phase was easy to manage."
"The most valuable feature is its scalability. I can easily scale the block from terabytes to gigabytes."
"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 the solution is backup...Amazon EBS is a very good product since it is very easy to enhance or increase and migrate your servers immediately, in a matter of seconds."
"The durability and snapshot capabilities are good."
"The product comes with multiple central port installations like gp2 and gp3."
"The product’s most valuable feature is IOPS."
"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."
"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 solution is scalable."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"We can run code and deploy it whenever we want."
"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."
"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 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."
"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."
"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."
"The product data encryption feature needs improvement."
"The product's stability has some shortcomings where improvements are required."
"It could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances."
"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 should be simplified. There are people who don't have cloud experience. It should be storage that we are able to just connect to."
"The lack of transparency in the costs attached to the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The interface seems strange and complicated."
"Its deployment process could be faster while installing the Python package directly into the environment."
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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is ranked 9th in Cloud Storage with 16 reviews while Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is ranked 5th in Cloud Storage with 10 reviews. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is rated 8.6, while Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) 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 EFS (Elastic File System) writes "With an easy setup phase in place, it offers great integration capabilities". Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is most compared with Microsoft Azure Block Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier, Oracle Cloud Object Storage and Microsoft Azure File Storage, whereas Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is most compared with Microsoft Azure File Storage, Google Cloud Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Wasabi. See our Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) report.
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