We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Microsoft Azure Object Storage 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 most valuable feature is IOPS."
"Amazon EBS is a storage system, and the storage is attached to the servers."
"The most valuable feature is its scalability. I can easily scale the block from terabytes to gigabytes."
"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 tool has different types of volumes, like SSD and HDD."
"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."
"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 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 solution is stable. It works fine for us."
"This solution is easy to use, and performance-wise it is better than others."
"The key feature for us is the possibility to have a copy of our data and machines outside of our premises just in case of a disaster."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage is an easy-to-use and stable solution."
"The index search and block storage are valuable features."
"You can peer into different levels of the archive."
"It is a stable solution and serve our purposes"
"We can easily create a storage layer in any system."
"I feel that there are some concerns when it comes to the accessibility area of the product where improvements are required."
"I think performance can be improved."
"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."
"It is hard to access EBS volumes in different Availability Zones (AZs) because most EBS volumes are created in a single AZ."
"The features could be improved."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"Amazon EBS needs to improve its user interface for data transactions."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward. It would be best if you had a little bit of training or an understanding of the concepts. It's important because if you don't do that, then you might end up not following the best practices. Then you will learn it the hard way by making mistakes and then know that you shouldn't have done this or that. It's better to attend workshops and take a hands-on approach."
"Uploading files from the UI has presented some issues. When editing work and once you delete a file, it takes some time to recreate the same file."
"If we look at the different versions of that ADLS, it really does not have a hierarchical storage mechanism."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage needs to improve stability and cloud user interface."
"Its user interface could be better."
"The cost of support is always expensive."
"They could improve AI and ML-based modules. They should add more modules based on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Pricing is a little bit tricky with Microsoft Azure. They do provide the estimates, but it is not easy to guess the exact amount that we will be billed after a month or two because it is based on usage. This is a little confusing."
"Object re-use should be improved in order to get better performance and reduce the cost."
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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 Microsoft Azure Object Storage is ranked 10th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 43 reviews. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) writes "Easy to setup and afforadable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Object Storage writes "Easy to query, offers great security, and integrates well with other Microsoft applications". 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 Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), whereas Microsoft Azure Object Storage is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Wasabi, Amazon S3 and Nutanix Unified Storage. See our Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Microsoft Azure Object Storage report.
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