We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Amazon S3 Glacier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Public Cloud Storage Services solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."
"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."
"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."
"Amazon EBS is a storage system, and the storage is attached to the servers."
"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."
"The product’s most valuable feature is IOPS."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy to manage."
"It is the most feature-rich platform."
"It is a very comprehensive tool."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The reliability of storage is the main benefit."
"The biggest advantage of the product is that AWS always copies the tool internally."
"AWS Lambda is the most valuable part of the solution because it gives you a code interface for everything."
"The main advantage of Glacier is its low cost. It is incredibly cheaper than other storage options, especially for objects you don't access frequently. Glacier would add value if you have a staging area for objects you only need to access occasionally. Since we have data in terabytes between S3 buckets, we can significantly reduce our storage and cost footprint by using Glacier."
"Amazon S3 Glacier can integrate seamlessly with other AWS services."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"It is hard to access EBS volumes in different Availability Zones (AZs) because most EBS volumes are created in a single AZ."
"The product data encryption feature needs improvement."
"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."
"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."
"I would like to see improved storage capacity and enhanced security features for better protection."
"Amazon S3 Glacier could be more secure."
"The product is difficult to use."
"I would like to see the retrieval time reduced."
"Their pricing structure is always a big topic. It's so difficult to understand."
"The solution's dashboard is a bit complicated and could be improved."
"They can improve data discovery."
"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."
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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is ranked 9th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 15 reviews while Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 5th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 34 reviews. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is rated 8.6, while Amazon S3 Glacier 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 S3 Glacier writes "A cost-effective solution to reduce storage and cost footprint". Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is most compared with Microsoft Azure Block Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) and Google Cloud Storage, whereas Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Amazon S3 and Rackspace Cloud Block Storage. See our Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Amazon S3 Glacier report.
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