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We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Huawei FusionStorage 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Huawei FusionStorage Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"The tool has different types of volumes, like SSD and HDD.""The durability and snapshot capabilities are good.""The most valuable feature of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is its scalability.""The product comes with multiple central port installations like gp2 and gp3.""The product’s most valuable feature is IOPS.""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 most valuable feature is its scalability. I can easily scale the block from terabytes to gigabytes.""The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."

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"Provides easy access to our data.""The product has a very simple GUI-based management platform and it is very simple to use. There is a very easy step-by-step configuration procedure that guides you through, and you can configure it very easily.""Huawei FusionStorage does well in its basic functions and offers broad utility.""In cases where system interruptions occur, it enables rapid restoration, ensuring a prompt return to normal service levels."

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Cons
"Amazon EBS needs to improve its user interface for data transactions.""The initial setup process is easy.""I think performance can be improved.""It is hard to access EBS volumes in different Availability Zones (AZs) because most EBS volumes are created in a single AZ.""The setup could be easier.""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.""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 feel that there are some concerns when it comes to the accessibility area of the product where improvements are required."

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"I hope for improvements in the product's processing ability and performance.""The product needs improvement in terms of affordability.""Their cloud services could be improved.""The initial setup and installation is not that straightforward. It should be made easier and the time to install should be reduced."

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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."
  • "The solution is quite costly."
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  • "It is expensive but might be optimal based on the partnership."
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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 durability and snapshot capabilities are good.
    Top Answer:The solution is quite costly. There was an instance when we were not using 50 volumes. They were available and were costing us even though we were not using them. We ran a script to delete them. It's… more »
    Top Answer:In cases where system interruptions occur, it enables rapid restoration, ensuring a prompt return to normal service levels.
    Top Answer:The product needs improvement in terms of affordability.
    Top Answer:We use Huawei FusionStorage while preparing business strategies and cases for efficiently storing and retrieving customer, billing, and traffic information, encompassing transactions.
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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.

    Huawei FusionStorage fully distributed cloud storage features massive scale-out capability designed for cloud-based architectures. The on-board storage system software combines the local storage resources of standard x86 servers into fully distributed storage pools, providing block, object, or file storage resources to the upper layer. An enterprise can easily obtain the required flexibility and efficiency in data storage to keep up with the ever-changing dynamics of business.

    Sample Customers
    Bazaar Voice, Crowd Strike, Adobe, Gamevil, Hess, CopperEgg, TotalJobs Group, SuperCell, Dropcam, Unilever
    China Merchants Bank, Liaoning, Zhejiang
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization47%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Retailer10%
    Construction Company7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise25%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business12%
    Midsize Enterprise54%
    Large Enterprise35%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise52%
    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Huawei FusionStorage
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Huawei FusionStorage and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is ranked 9th in Cloud Storage with 16 reviews while Huawei FusionStorage is ranked 13th in Cloud Storage with 4 reviews. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is rated 8.6, while Huawei FusionStorage is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) writes "Easy to setup and afforadable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei FusionStorage writes "Reliable platform that integrates well with different IT infrastructures and systems ". 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 Huawei FusionStorage is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Dell ECS and Dropbox. See our Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Huawei FusionStorage report.

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