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.
As a cloud storage option, it is flexible and cost-effective, eliminating the need for a permanent investment in hard disks.
Enterprise support provides access to AWS developers 24/7.
They provide instant and chat support, addressing concerns in a timely manner.
Once subscribed, the support team is very responsive, connecting remotely to assist with troubleshooting.
The perspective documentation is good.
Microsoft technical support is very prompt.
As and when we require, they are able to provide solutions or guide us toward solutions.
Amazon EBS is easy to scale up or down as needed.
Vertical scaling can be achieved by adding additional volumes whenever the created storage is insufficient.
All cloud solutions permit scalability, and this is an important feature.
We successfully handled a huge transaction during an iPhone launch without any issues.
AWS provides infrastructure stability like data centers, ensuring high stability.
I have never had problems with its stability.
If the server is stable, then EBS is stable.
I rate the stability of Microsoft Azure File Storage as a seven out of ten.
There are a few technical issues that need to be fixed within the Azure ecosystem.
We sometimes encounter glitches with bigger files, but everything else works as expected.
Regarding EBS, if an instance is terminated, the volume is also deleted, which leads to data loss.
I would like EBS to have no limitations, similar to stream-like block storage, which can accommodate an unlimited amount of sales.
Deployment is not easy as it requires server downtime to map newly created volumes, impacting operations during additional volume additions.
Some chunking logics need to be better to address issues with processing bigger files.
There is a limitation on the storage capacity, like four terabytes.
The information is not readily available on the internet, so we have to double-check and understand everything.
For SSD IOPS, you only pay $0.125 per gigabyte.
The pay-for-what-you-use model justifies the amount paid, with no extra or hidden charges.
Users are charged only for the data used, not for the allocated volume.
I would rate it three or three and a half out of ten on the pricing scale.
I would rate the pricing of Microsoft Azure File Storage seven or eight, where one is high and ten is low.
The pricing for Microsoft Azure File Storage is five out of ten, not so expensive and not so low.
Amazon EBS is also scalable and provides high availability.
EBS provides vertical scaling options to add additional volumes when more storage is required.
Amazon EBS allows seamless changes to the instance type without affecting application availability.
It is satisfying our requirements with encryption and security features in place.
File storage is complemented by OCR with Azure Cognitive Service.
Microsoft Azure File Storage saves time compared to AWS.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) | 2.9% |
| Dropbox Business - Enterprise | 7.3% |
| NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP | 6.1% |
| Other | 83.7% |
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure File Storage | 8.1% |
| Amazon S3 | 13.8% |
| Amazon S3 Glacier | 10.9% |
| Other | 67.2% |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 16 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 8 |
| Large Enterprise | 10 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 18 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 8 |
| Large Enterprise | 25 |
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.
Fully managed file shares that use the standard SMB 3.0 protocol
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