We performed a comparison between Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) and Dell ECS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about MinIO, Dell Technologies, Red Hat and others in File and Object Storage."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."
"Its elasticity and flexible pricing are the most valuable. For Amazon EFS, you are charged based on the storage. It is also very fast and stable with a very simple and intuitive interface."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"EFS is flexible."
"I appreciate Amazon's extensive range of services, which makes it a favorable choice."
"We can run code and deploy it whenever we want."
"It is a stable solution."
"It's definitely good for unstructured data. In earlier days, we had Centera, so for the DR it's really good. It has load balancing facility, and we're using it with the Kemp Load Balancer."
"This solution is very easy to use, and is very reliable."
"The technology is very good, it performs well."
"It's my understanding that the initial setup is straightforward."
"The performance is good."
"The most valuable feature for me is off-site storage."
"The stability is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The lack of transparency in the costs attached to the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"It could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances."
"The user activity needs to be more connected."
"When we faced some issues, the support team took a lot of time to resolve them."
"The interface seems strange and complicated."
"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."
"Its deployment process could be faster while installing the Python package directly into the environment."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in the DPI reports, as they could be made more user-friendly."
"The setup is very complex."
"The solution needs to provide better integration between this solution and all other kinds of systems."
"They do not have complete documentation, which is very weak and could be improved."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"Its security can be improved."
"They need to ensure that the system will work if a site goes down."
"The major weakness in the solution is that there is no cloud version for Dell ECS."
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Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is ranked 9th in File and Object Storage with 9 reviews while Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 25 reviews. Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is rated 8.6, while Dell ECS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) writes "With an easy setup phase in place, it offers great integration capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell ECS writes "Enables multiple protocol support, but its IOPS functionality needs improvement in terms of performance ". Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is most compared with Microsoft Azure File Storage, Google Cloud Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Azure NetApp Files, whereas Dell ECS is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon AWS, NetApp StorageGRID, MinIO and Red Hat Ceph Storage.
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