Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) vs. Public Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
The 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
Public Cloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
N/AN/A
Pricing
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)Public Cloud
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)
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)Public Cloud
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo 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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Features
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)Public Cloud
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
8.8
5 Ratings
7% above category average
Public Cloud
-
Ratings
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic scaling10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Elastic load balancing10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-configured templates4.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring tools8.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Operating system support9.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Security controls10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Automation10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Management
Comparison of Cloud Management features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
-
Ratings
Public Cloud
8.6
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Cloud Management Security00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Automation and Orchestration00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Cost Management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Cloud Management Performance Monitoring00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Governance and Compliance00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Systems Integration00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
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User Ratings
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)Public Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(5 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)Public Cloud
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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Infomaniak Network
Best suited for environments where there are standard processes and no scope for customization and not suitable for industries where the business processes are dynamic and prone to changes frequently. Also, where the users are already experienced or users of SAP would help to easily help to adopt the cloud approach.
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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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  • Scalability
  • Cost Savings
  • Increased Flexibility
  • Improved Safety
  • Ease of Data migration with the help of migration cockpit
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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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Infomaniak Network
  • Additional processes
  • Better UI
  • Access
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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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Infomaniak Network
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
EFS is easier to configure, no need for Active Directory.
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Infomaniak Network
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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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Infomaniak Network
  • Less infrastructure
  • Quick and easy
  • Post-go-live maintenance
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