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We performed a comparison between Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) and Amazon S3 Glacier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Public Cloud Storage Services solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"The solution's technical support is good.""We can run code and deploy it whenever we want.""I appreciate Amazon's extensive range of services, which makes it a favorable choice.""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.""The initial setup was straightforward.""The solution is scalable.""EFS is flexible.""The most beneficial feature of the product for data storage stems from the fact that it serves as a shared file storage."

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"We like that the price is cheaper.""Amazon S3 Glacier is an easy-to-use solution.""The solution is stable.""The reliability of storage is the main benefit.""The product automatically replicates objects from a S3 bucket in one region to another bucket in a different region.""The pricing is low, and it's dedicated to archiving is valuable to us.""The data archive feature is valuable.""It is a very comprehensive tool."

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Cons
"Specifically, when it comes to the file system for the learning system, we encountered performance issues with both Azure and AWS.""When we faced some issues, the support team took a lot of time to resolve them.""The interface seems strange and complicated.""The lack of transparency in the costs attached to the product is an area of concern where improvements are required.""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 could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances.""The user activity needs to be more connected.""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."

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"A couple of times, we faced outage issues that caused us problems.""The tool could be made cheaper.""There is room for improvement in handling GDPR compliance better. GDPR is about personal data protection and retention. It would be great if S3 Glacier could handle compliance items related to this, especially with upcoming legislation like the California law, which restricts data storage time and allows users to request data deletion.""Billing issues can be a nightmare. It's tough reaching the right person to get them sorted out.""The solution's cost optimization could be improved.""The product’s pricing must be improved.""The solution’s deployment process is complex and could be improved.""The product takes more time to secure data when the bandwidth is low."

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  • "It has flexible pricing. You are charged based on your storage."
  • "The solution's price is mid-ranged."
  • "I would rate the pricing 7 out of 10."
  • "The product's price depends on the services and the size and capacity at which it is used in a business environment."
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  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is much cheaper than competing products."
  • "There is no license, you pay for what you use."
  • "The solution is cost-effective."
  • "The product is cheap."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is expensive."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is a cost-effective solution for archiving."
  • "The pricing must be improved."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is very cheap, but the cost becomes a concern when you have a very large amount of data."
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    Questions from the Community
    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 »
    Top Answer:I appreciate Amazon's extensive range of services, which makes it a favorable choice.
    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:Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly scalable and available solution.
    Top Answer:The solution's cloud storage is very expensive, and users may not be able to afford cloud storage.
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    Amazon Glacier
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    Overview

    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.

    Amazon Glacier is a secure, durable, and extremely low-cost cloud storage service for data archiving and long-term backup. Customers can reliably store large or small amounts of data for as little as $0.007 per gigabyte per month, a significant savings compared to on-premises solutions. To keep costs low, Amazon Glacier is optimized for infrequently accessed data where a retrieval time of several hours is suitable.

    Sample Customers
    Arcesium, Atlassian, Seeking Alpha, Zend
    King Cpunty, Illumina, Backupify, Nearmap.com, Scribd, Baylor College of Medicine, SoundCloud
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Educational Organization13%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Computer Software Company42%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Recruiting/Hr Firm8%
    Integrator4%
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    Educational Organization29%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Comms Service Provider6%
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    Small Business56%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise11%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise59%
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    Small Business58%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise26%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise37%
    Large Enterprise44%
    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs. Amazon S3 Glacier
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs. Amazon S3 Glacier and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is ranked 3rd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 9 reviews while Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 5th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 34 reviews. Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is rated 8.6, while Amazon S3 Glacier is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) writes "Useful for storing details of projects and has an easy configuration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Amazon S3 Glacier writes "A cost-effective solution to reduce storage and cost footprint". Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is most compared with Microsoft Azure File Storage, Google Cloud Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Azure NetApp Files and Amazon S3, whereas Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Amazon S3 and Oracle Cloud Archive Storage. See our Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs. Amazon S3 Glacier report.

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