Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
11 Ratings
CenturyLink Public Cloud
4 Ratings

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

11 Ratings
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Score 8.8 out of 100

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CenturyLink Public Cloud

4 Ratings
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Score 6.3 out of 100

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Likelihood to Recommend

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

It works well as run-of-the-mill NFS that is managed as a service rather than a server. It works anywhere NFS is usable.

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CenturyLink Public Cloud

I believe for small to mid business application hosting Centurylink provides an adequate service. When moving to larger scale business enviornments I believe the limitations, slowness is going to become a problem

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Feature Rating Comparison

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
6.0
CenturyLink Public Cloud
—
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
8.0
CenturyLink Public Cloud
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Dynamic scaling
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
6.0
CenturyLink Public Cloud
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Elastic load balancing
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
6.0
CenturyLink Public Cloud
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Pre-configured templates
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
4.0
CenturyLink Public Cloud
—
Monitoring tools
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
7.0
CenturyLink Public Cloud
—
Pre-defined machine images
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
6.0
CenturyLink Public Cloud
—
Operating system support
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
4.0
CenturyLink Public Cloud
—
Security controls
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
7.0
CenturyLink Public Cloud
—

Pros

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

  • EFS is easily made high-availability.
  • EFS is simple to implement.
  • EFS uses native NFS file-sharing protocol.

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CenturyLink Public Cloud

  • Offloading the requirements for hosting apps in house - cost savings
  • Access ability - users could access documents and programs from anywhere
  • Collaborative work ability - multiple users could work within the same enviornment

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Cons

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

  • EFS could be made highly-available across regions.
  • EFS could be made with a better on-premise extension than Cloud Gateway.
  • EFS could be made to support CIFS/SMB.

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CenturyLink Public Cloud

  • Perhaps ease of use - it's not convoluted but a little more streamlined of an interface would be great
  • Make your presence more known - in a world of heavily advertised cloud options CenturyLink is not at the top of the pile and I think it may be due to a lack of awareness in the business community. Advertise!
  • Streamline functionality - interface can be a little slow at times.

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Support Rating

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) 8.0
Based on 1 answer
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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CenturyLink Public Cloud

No score
No answers yet
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Alternatives Considered

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 software that does replication and keeps track of roles.

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CenturyLink Public Cloud

I did not select the application hosting environment - I was a user. That being said I do not have much of a voice in the difference between hosted services that I have experienced.

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Return on Investment

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

  • EFS has made managing NFS file exports easier with less administration.

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CenturyLink Public Cloud

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Pricing Details

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

General

Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level set up fee?
No

CenturyLink Public Cloud

General

Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level set up fee?
No

Rating Summary

Likelihood to Recommend

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
7.0
CenturyLink Public Cloud
7.0

Support Rating

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
8.0
CenturyLink Public Cloud
—

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