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 Cloud Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."
"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 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 durability and snapshot capabilities are good."
"The most valuable feature is its scalability. I can easily scale the block from terabytes to gigabytes."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is its scalability."
"Amazon EBS is a storage system, and the storage is attached to the servers."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy to manage."
"I find Amazon S3 Glacier valuable for storing various documents like purchase orders, standard documents, and drawings."
"It is the most feature-rich platform."
"The solution is easy to use."
"We save money with the product."
"Data retrieval, security, compliance, and storage archiving are the most valuable features of Amazon S3 Glacier."
"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."
"AWS does support the ability for user controlled movement of data between regions for business continuance (BC), high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR)."
"The solution is secure."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"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."
"Amazon EBS needs to improve its user interface for data transactions."
"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."
"I think performance can be improved."
"The setup could be easier."
"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 learning curve is very high."
"Billing issues can be a nightmare. It's tough reaching the right person to get them sorted out."
"They should increase the data limit for the free version or reduce the price."
"Although Amazon S3 Glacier is cheap, its data retrieval cost is very high compared to other solutions."
"The solution's cloud storage is very expensive, and users may not be able to afford cloud storage."
"I would like to see improved storage capacity and enhanced security features for better protection."
"The pricing is a bit expensive. There is room for improvement in costs."
"The solution’s deployment process is complex and could be improved."
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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Cloud Storage with 16 reviews while Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 5th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 35 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 Microsoft Azure File Storage, whereas Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Wasabi and Rackspace Cloud Block Storage. See our Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Amazon S3 Glacier report.
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