We performed a comparison between Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Amazon S3, and Google Cloud Storage Nearline based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, Google, Nasuni and others in Cloud Storage."The solution is scalable."
"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's technical support is good."
"The most beneficial feature of the product for data storage stems from the fact that it serves as a shared file storage."
"We can run code and deploy it whenever we want."
"EFS is flexible."
"My company uses Amazon S3 by default for every single project. I like that you can use it for storing different file formats. Amazon S3 is also the easiest to use compared to other solutions."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is the data transfer acceleration because it can enable fast, easy, and secure data transfer."
"Feature-wise, Amazon S3 is the cheapest and it's reliable."
"The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are the global availability, resiliency, and ease of access control."
"The scalability of Amazon S3 is good."
"The users have nothing to worry about as the solution is well established."
"Cloud infrastructure is the most valuable feature."
"Enables content sharing by multiple users."
"It can isolate files and stop them from corrupting other files."
"The data structure and the types of data that are supported are very good."
"The most valuable feature of Nearline is the access. It's helpful to move data that is generated once a month, such as salary information, to Nearline."
"It provides the necessary support and flexibility to manage data storage effectively, especially during times of variable data flow."
"Nearline is highly stable."
"The capacity and space on offer are excellent."
"Google is always introducing new features and tends to have a new release every month."
"I find the flexibility in storing documents or data and the ease of retrieval valuable with this solution."
"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."
"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."
"When we faced some issues, the support team took a lot of time to resolve them."
"It could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances."
"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."
"Its deployment process could be faster while installing the Python package directly into the environment."
"The interface seems strange and complicated."
"Amazon S3 could improve the load balancers. They are very basic compared to other solutions in the industry, such as F5. It has to be able to be analyzed up to a certain level."
"An encryption mechanism and storage optimization could be added."
"A feature that should be included is to find and provide a HIPPA compliant solution for the Presigned URL."
"Amazon S3 could improve by providing some type of storage notification."
"We have cold storage here, and I think that's useful. When it comes to commercialization, it's cheaper to put data that you won't be using into the data storage. You only use a little bit of the data needed each day for your transition, so you pay less."
"Maybe it could be a bit cheaper."
"It could maybe use more integration."
"The security model can be improved as it is a bit confusing."
"Nearline security could be better. The solution could integrate better with SEIM tools."
"The solution needs to offer better System Information and Event Management (SEIM). I'd like to discover how we could implement something like that within Google's cloud."
"The suggestion for improvement primarily revolves around cost efficiency."
"They need a better, more visual, user interface for folders and files."
"The pricing is quite high."
"The UI could be a little bit more effective."
"They should provide more options or flexibility in terms of pricing."
"The interface for managing file storage in the buckets could be improved."
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