We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Oracle Database Backup Service 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."When I have to change the operating system or delete a host, I can store the data in EBS or assign it to another host."
"The product comes with multiple central port installations like gp2 and gp3."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy to manage."
"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."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is its scalability."
"Amazon EBS is a storage system, and the storage is attached to the servers."
"The most valuable feature is its scalability. I can easily scale the block from terabytes to gigabytes."
"The product works very fast. It automates a lot of operations in the background."
"It's a scalable product."
"From the database perspective, Oracle is the best."
"Oracle Database Backup Service is an easy-to-use consolidation solution that's dashboard-driven."
"The backup is reliable and intuitive."
"The product's most valuable features are differential and cumulative backup functionality."
"The interface is good."
"Replication and performance tuning are valuable features."
"It would be better to analyze and find a way to merge both the file systems of Linux and Windows."
"The setup could be easier."
"Amazon EBS needs to improve its user interface for data transactions."
"The product data encryption feature needs improvement."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"I think performance can be improved."
"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."
"The features could be improved."
"The product can protect from external data penetration, but the in-house IT team can access it."
"Deployment is overly complex and could be streamlined."
"The product's technical support services need improvement in terms of response time."
"The solution needs to add an archive function."
"It's already fast, but still, they could improve the speed."
"We encounter issues while restoring differential and cumulative backups."
"We cannot use the product with other brands."
"Oracle Database Backup Service is not a cheap solution."
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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Cloud Storage with 16 reviews while Oracle Database Backup Service is ranked 14th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 10 reviews. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is rated 8.6, while Oracle Database Backup Service is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) writes "Easy to setup and afforadable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Database Backup Service writes "A backup solution for data storage and restoration with point-in-time recover". 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 Oracle Database Backup Service is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Amazon S3, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) and Wasabi. See our Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Oracle Database Backup Service report.
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