We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), and Microsoft Azure Block Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, Google, Nasuni and others in Cloud Storage."The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."
"The durability and snapshot capabilities are good."
"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 product comes with multiple central port installations like gp2 and gp3."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy to manage."
"The most valuable feature is its scalability. I can easily scale the block from terabytes to gigabytes."
"I appreciate Amazon's extensive range of services, which makes it a favorable choice."
"EFS is flexible."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"We are not that big of a cloud user. We just use it for the storage of our bytes. The most valuable aspect is the storage."
"We can run code and deploy it whenever we want."
"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."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"The solution is scalable."
"Data is securely stored."
"Azure Block Storage lets you customize code you can use on that endpoint. If you want to write a logic for something, Azure Function can be used to deploy that application."
"The solution's most valuable feature revolves around the security-wise functionalities of the tool our company gets from using SAS keys."
"The tier feature in V2 is the most valuable feature of this solution. It enables you to move your storage from hot tier to cold tier into archive tier."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is its performance."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is the security and the management of user access from on-premise to the cloud."
"We use this solution for backup storage on our on-premise backup."
"The solution has a valuable gearing feature."
"It is hard to access EBS volumes in different Availability Zones (AZs) because most EBS volumes are created in a single AZ."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"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."
"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 setup could be easier."
"Amazon EBS needs to improve its user interface for data transactions."
"It would be better to analyze and find a way to merge both the file systems of Linux and Windows."
"The user activity needs to be more connected."
"Around 80 percent of the features of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) are available on Linux and not in Windows, making it a major drawback of the product."
"It should be simplified. There are people who don't have cloud experience. It should be storage that we are able to just connect to."
"The lack of transparency in the costs attached to the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Specifically, when it comes to the file system for the learning system, we encountered performance issues with both Azure and AWS."
"It could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances."
"Its deployment process could be faster while installing the Python package directly into the environment."
"The interface seems strange and complicated."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage could improve by allowing the switching of the hot tier to the cold tier."
"Data gathering features could be improved."
"The scalability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"One of the biggest challenges on Azure infrastructure is that sometimes we don't get what we want. Either we have to wait for it or contact support because something is not working for us... It's the system availability that is the difficult point."
"Azure Block Storage could use more capacity."
"Improving the pricing structure would be beneficial."
"The folder search capabilities are not really up to par."
"The product is not as stable as we would like it to be."
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