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Anonymous User
Robust block-storage service that's easy to use and accessible from anywhere
Amazon EBS has made our organization a little more efficient.
Marcelo Lucas
A fast, stable, and scalable solution with flexible pricing and good elasticity
Before Amazon EFS, our customer was using EBS volumes in a unique EC2 instance to serve NFS servers. Now, these EC2 instances are not necessary.... Read more →
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"When it comes to valuable features, ease of use would be number one."

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"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."

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Cons
"I think performance can be improved."

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"It could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances."

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  • "What I want Amazon to do is lower the price."

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  • "It has flexible pricing. You are charged based on your storage."

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    Which is better - Amazon's S3 Glacier or EBS (Elastic Block Store)?
    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 »
    Which file storage system is better - Amazon EFS (elastic file storage) o...
    Top Answer:Amazon EFS is easy to set up: you can use the AWS management console, API, or command-line. Amazon EFS can grow to petabytes and deliver consistent low latencies and high levels of throughput. This… more »
    What is the true cost of storing database backup to Amazon EFS (Elastic F...
    Top Answer:Hi @Vipin Garg, @Oscar Mejia ​, @Shaban AL-Ahmad ​, @Nibrask Alambilat Kaniyat , @Marcelo Lucas  and @Krishna Rao , Do you possibly have any answers to assist @Jitendra Patel ​with this question?​
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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.

    Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) provides simple, scalable file storage for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud. Amazon EFS is easy to use and offers a simple interface that allows you to create and configure file systems quickly and easily. With Amazon EFS, storage capacity is elastic, growing and shrinking automatically as you add and remove files, so your applications have the storage they need, when they need it.

    When mounted to Amazon EC2 instances, an Amazon EFS file system provides a standard file system interface and file system access semantics, allowing you to seamlessly integrate Amazon EFS with your existing applications and tools. Multiple Amazon EC2 instances can access an Amazon EFS file system at the same time, allowing Amazon EFS to provide a common data source for workloads and applications running on more than one Amazon EC2 instance.

    It’s designed for high availability and durability, and provides performance for a broad spectrum of workloads and applications, including Big Data and analytics, media processing workflows, content management, web serving, and home directories.

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    Sample Customers
    Bazaar Voice, Crowd Strike, Adobe, Gamevil, Hess, CopperEgg, TotalJobs Group, SuperCell, Dropcam, Unilever
    Arcesium, Atlassian, Seeking Alpha, Zend
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    Computer Software Company31%
    Comms Service Provider23%
    Media Company9%
    Financial Services Firm5%
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    Computer Software Company31%
    Comms Service Provider17%
    Media Company6%
    Manufacturing Company6%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is ranked 14th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 1 review while Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is ranked 8th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 1 review. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is rated 8.0, while Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) writes "Robust block-storage service that's easy to use and accessible from anywhere". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) writes "A fast, stable, and scalable solution with flexible pricing and good elasticity". Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is most compared with Microsoft Azure Block Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier, Microsoft Azure File Storage and Google Cloud Storage Nearline, whereas Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is most compared with Microsoft Azure File Storage, Google Cloud Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Google Cloud Storage Nearline and Microsoft Azure Object Storage.

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