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We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Nutanix Unified Storage 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.
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Pros
"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 solution provides big space that is reasonably priced.""When it comes to valuable features, ease of use would be number one.""Amazon EBS is a storage system, and the storage is attached to the servers.""The tool has different types of volumes, like SSD and HDD.""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 initial setup phase was easy to manage.""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."

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"The inclusion of it in the Nutanix Objects Storage platform simplifies my process as I am no longer required to acquire a separate platform. Instead, I can simply purchase additional licenses as needed. All management can be performed from a single unified interface, making it a convenient and streamlined experience.""Nutanix Volumes is a perfectly stable product.""Nutanix Unified Storage is a simple, user-friendly, and stable solution.""It is a highly scalable solution.""The real-time alerts generated by this system enable us to swiftly address and mitigate such threats.""The most valuable features are the interface and support.""Currently, the most valuable aspect of our Nutanix implementation is its file storage functionality.""The solution is very easy to manage."

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Cons
"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.""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 would be better to analyze and find a way to merge both the file systems of Linux and Windows.""Amazon EBS needs to improve its user interface for data transactions.""Amazon EBS performs well but it could improve.""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."

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"The interface could be improved.""The graphical user interfaces could benefit from more attention to detail.""Unified Storage failed to fulfill our object storage requirements.""The documentation on the support site needs to be improved.""Another aspect that needs improvement is continuous protection against security threats such as ransomware and potential data leakage.""The solution should keep adding new features to be competitive in the market.""It is challenging to configure access control settings.""We have had to deal with some infrastructure and general cluster issues but these issues don't impact storage."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "What I want Amazon to do is lower the price."
  • "The solution is reasonably priced."
  • "On a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high, I rate the price a seven."
  • "The product is low-priced than other solutions."
  • "It is a cost-effective solution."
  • "You need to pay additional costs for support."
  • "The pricing models may be for general purposes, such as Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS Volume or Amazon EBS Cold HDD Volumes."
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  • "The price of the license is expensive when comparing it to traditional storage."
  • "I find Nutanix Files Storage competitively priced, even its feature set. Its price is seven out of ten."
  • "If we compare the cost of Nutanix Objects Storage to other solutions such as VMware licenses, our current choice is Nutanix Objects Storage. This solution is more cost-effective. However, adding VMware to Nutanix would not be a cost-efficient decision, which is why we do not use it anymore."
  • "It is quite expensive otherwise as it comes with three-tier peer underlying hardware."
  • "For clients running Nutanix, the licensing cost for Files is a small add-on cost."
  • "With all of the Nutanix equipment, the licensing is expensive. We operate in the enterprise space, but we're a midsized company. At times, the price tag is a little bit shocking for a company with only 35 employees. We're not a Fortune 500 company, but we deal with Fortune 500 drug and energy companies. We have to play in that enterprise space if we're going to have enterprise customers. I'm very price-conscious, but I understand that if I want the best, I've got to pay the price."
  • "It's not the cheapest solution. It's in line with other solutions, but it offers features that the competitors don't have at any price point, especially with regard to analytics and ransomware prevention. No one else has any sort of object-based storage available. Nutanix Unified Storage is a lot more feature-rich. This is a situation where you get what you pay for."
  • "The product is pricey."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon's S3 Glacier or Elastic Block Store data storage software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Amazon's S3 Glacier, which… more »
    Top Answer:The tool has different types of volumes, like SSD and HDD.
    Top Answer:Currently, the most valuable aspect of our Nutanix implementation is its file storage functionality.
    Top Answer:Unified Storage is reasonably priced compared to other platforms. The license is neither costly nor cheap, but it's reasonable.
    Top Answer:One thing I'd appreciate is having a desktop application similar to what VMware offered. With VMware, I could download a separate client program onto my computer, allowing me to log in directly rather… more »
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    Also Known As
    Nutanix Files Storage, Nutanix Volumes Block Storage, Nutanix Objects Storage
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    Overview

    Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) provides persistent block level storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud.  Each Amazon EBS volume is automatically replicated within its Availability Zone to protect you from component failure, offering high availability and durability. Amazon EBS volumes offer the consistent and low-latency performance needed to run your workloads. With Amazon EBS, you can scale your usage up or down within minutes – all while paying a low price for only what you provision.

    Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is a software-defined storage solution that consolidates seamless access and management of siloed block, file, and object storage into a single platform. Leveraging the Nutanix Cloud Platform, NUS is built for scale, performance, and integrated data security requirements of modern applications deployed on core, cloud, or edge.

    Sample Customers
    Bazaar Voice, Crowd Strike, Adobe, Gamevil, Hess, CopperEgg, TotalJobs Group, SuperCell, Dropcam, Unilever
    JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco
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    Manufacturing Company6%
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    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Nutanix Unified Storage
    March 2024
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    Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is ranked 9th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 15 reviews while Nutanix Unified Storage is ranked 7th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 38 reviews. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is rated 8.6, while Nutanix Unified Storage is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) writes "Easy to setup and afforadable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Unified Storage writes "Provides good performance, longer uptime, and an easy way to manage our data". Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is most compared with Microsoft Azure Block Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Oracle Cloud Object Storage, whereas Nutanix Unified Storage is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), MinIO, Red Hat Ceph Storage, Dell ECS and Microsoft Azure Object Storage. See our Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Nutanix Unified Storage report.

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