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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) provides a simple, scalable, elastic file system for Linux-based workloads for use with AWS Cloud services and on-premises resources.

    $0.04

    per GB

    Pricing
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    Editions & Modules
    US East & West Region
    $0.043
    per month per GB (One zone)
    Europe (Ireland) Region
    $0.046
    per month per GB (One zone)
    Asia Pacific & Canada Region
    $0.047
    per month per GB (One zone)
    Africa (Cape Town) Region
    $0.054
    per month per GB (One zone)
    AWS GovCloud (US-East)
    $0.056
    per month per GB (One zone)
    US East & West Region
    $0.08
    per month per GB (Standard)
    Asia Pacific & Canada Region
    $0.09
    per month per GB (Standard)
    Europe (Ireland) Region
    $0.09
    per month per GB (Standard)
    Africa (Cape Town) Region
    $0.10
    per month per GB (Standard)
    AWS GovCloud (US-East)
    $0.11
    per month per GB (Standard)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThere is no minimum fee or setup charge. You pay only for the storage you use, for read and write access to data stored in Infrequent Access storage classes, and for any provisioned throughput. Amazon EFS offers four storage classes: two standard storage classes, including Amazon EFS Standard and Amazon EFS Standard-Infrequent Access (EFS Standard-IA), and two One Zone storage classes, including Amazon EFS One Zone and Amazon EFS One Zone-Infrequent Access
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    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    Both S3 and EBS have their place in implementations but it does matter in looking at technology solutions from a total viewpoint of marrying various projects and systems and then weighing the advantages (and disadvantages) of EFS against them.
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    Chose Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    EFS is easier to configure, no need for Active Directory.
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    If your Team/Company already using AWS and you are building a scalable solution which require API building which connect to a database consist numerous file, then Amazon EFS is definitely must go to tool. which enable the productivity with less maintenance highly compatibility …
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    EFS is essentially an NFS export offering, just simplified and accessible through all the automation and scalability that AWS offers. It provides high-available replicated data in multiple AZs with is akin to something like DRBD, but without having to manage the layer of …
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    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    8.8
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime10.05 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling10.05 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing10.04 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates4.04 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.55 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images7.03 Ratings
    Operating system support9.55 Ratings
    Security controls10.05 Ratings
    Automation10.04 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    While the idea is to utilize it enterprise wide; it sometimes doesn't work well in smaller applications and that causes slowdowns and impacts productivity. Also when evaluating EFS versus EBS - one needs to look at cost as EFS is a lot more expensive to implement and run so you need to weigh cost benefits of both systems and choose the best for you.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • This is very easy to setup and has a great performance.
    • As per the name, Elastic grows as your data grows.
    • We can run multiple EC2 instances.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • For early age start it would be costly
    • Not necessary for small scale system, but very beneficial for system which have high TPS and huge user base
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    The documentation is sufficient for setting up and it is basic NFS for mounting so not much support is required. I have not had any issues to warrant a request with AWS support.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    EFS is easier to configure, no need for Active Directory.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Cost is always a paramount issue when looking at ROI
    • It is fast and if that's what you need for your implementation - you probably will not find a better solution
    • Expertise in EFS is sometimes hard to come by so it's best to look at your employee's ability to grasp this technology. Otherwise, it's a pretty steep learning curve.
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