Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) vs. Oracle ZFS

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.

Incentivized

For scenarios where the implementation is an Oracle ecosystem and the need for high-performance storage is present, undoubtedly the ideal solution is Oracle ZFS due to the native integration that exists, for example, with SPARC equipment, Exadata, and traditional architecture running Oracle Linux or Solariums (depending on the case), as well as in highly demanding industries in terms of storage.

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• 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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• Software RAIDZ. Create storage arrays using best available RAID technologies for excellent disk stability
• Array images and backups. Allows administrators to instantly create disk snapshots, to minimize time disk is unavailable (on the order of seconds, not minutes or hours).
• Automatic de-deduplication/compression. ZFS will automatically de-dedup data on disk, allowing for more efficient use of the entire disk for unique data. It will also automatically compress data stored on the disk, allowing for even more usage of the available disk space. Great for infrequently accessed backups (There is some performance cost to compression).

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• 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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• Because it was due to a software originally designed for Solaris. configuration in other environments can be cumbersome for inexperienced implementers.
• The proprietary particularity of this File System makes it in some cases very difficult to implement in highly heterogeneous environments.
• I think that additional forms of integration with more environments should be created.

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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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EFS is easier to configure, no need for Active Directory.

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ZFS is so far beyond the other filesystems available right now, offering full suites of tools for data management, backup, recovery, maintenance, monitoring, etc. It's not even fair to compare them.

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• 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.

Incentivized

• In highly transactional and data-intensive environments such as 200 million records per month or more.
• Banking also represents an ideal niche for this type of implementation due to its high volume of data and the need for security in this industry with over 100 million records per day and online history maintenance for more than 10 years (in most cases).
• The Return on Investment or ROI is clearly seen in the medium term since your storage solution would be in your safekeeping without having to pay anything additional to regular maintenance.

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