Amazon FSx vs. IBM Cloud Block Storage

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon FSx
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Amazon FSx is a cloud storage service designed to make it easy and cost effective to launch, run, and scale feature-rich, high-performance file systems in the cloud. It supports a range of workloads boasting reliability, security, scalability, and broad set of capabilities. As a fully managed service, it handles hardware provisioning, patching, and backups, and supports four widely-used file systems: NetApp ONTAP, OpenZFS, Windows File Server, and Lustre.N/A
IBM Cloud Block Storage
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
IBM offers their Block Storage service via IBM Cloud, allowing users to deploy and customize flash-backed iSCSI block storage from 25 GB to 12,000 GB capacity with up to 48,000 IOPS.N/A
Pricing
Amazon FSxIBM Cloud Block Storage
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon FSxIBM Cloud Block Storage
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Features
Amazon FSxIBM Cloud Block Storage
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Amazon FSx
8.0
1 Ratings
5% below category average
IBM Cloud Block Storage
-
Ratings
Versioning8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
File search8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Amazon FSx
10.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
IBM Cloud Block Storage
-
Ratings
User and role management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
File organization10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Device management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Amazon FSx
10.0
1 Ratings
16% above category average
IBM Cloud Block Storage
-
Ratings
Performance10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Reliability10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Amazon FSxIBM Cloud Block Storage
Small Businesses
SugarSync
SugarSync
Score 10.0 out of 10
Akamai Cloud Computing
Akamai Cloud Computing
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Druva Data Resiliency Cloud
Druva Data Resiliency Cloud
Score 9.7 out of 10
Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Druva Data Resiliency Cloud
Druva Data Resiliency Cloud
Score 9.7 out of 10
Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Amazon FSxIBM Cloud Block Storage
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
(2 ratings)
9.2
(14 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon FSxIBM Cloud Block Storage
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
- For any enterprise-grade storage, this is the best option. - EDA workloads are very strong with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP and NetApp's FlexCache technologies. - Random read workloads such as OLTP are awesome on Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. - File Services are the best in class on FSxN. - DR sites from ONTAP on-premises are amazing.
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IBM
IBM Cloud Block Storage is recommendable to companies that [have a database that] is super sensitive, private, and requires instant access. Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage creates a coordinated system, that [classifies] data, based on the requirements that a company has. The security deployment from IBM Cloud Block Storage is another merit that [businesses] attain.
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Enterprise grade unified storage in the cloud
  • Multiprotocol access
  • PV for EKS
  • Data mobility
  • Data security
  • Integration with NetApp Cloud Manager
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IBM
  • Proficient scaling and system customization, which allows editing.
  • Wide range of system storage, ranging from 25GB to 12000GB.
  • Finally, IBM Cloud Block Storage deploys the most technical and efficient security measures.
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • Data Protection from AWS console
  • Advance Matrix
  • FlexGroups creating as part of AWS console
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IBM
  • The documentation must be clearer and updated, thinking about each distribution that they offer in the cloud
  • Downtime when IOPS are raised can be less
  • The configuration can be more automated from the same control panel and not have to take it so much to the CLI
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
I have not worked with other reliable and powerful platform that is as reliable as this product. This platform has given us room to concentrate on more productive activities leaving our data under a safe system. It automates file transfer and saves time in uploading documents across all team members. It interlinks all our applications systems to enhance teamwork and increase production.
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IBM
Unlike the above platforms, IBM Cloud Block Storage enable secure and quick big data migration through its secure environment and the flexibility of its Cloud options is effective. Data analytics through IBM Cloud Block Storage are easily prepared and the data access is very easy and the ability to monitor various Cloud operations is excellent.
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • It improved our TCO by optimizing storage costs between SSDs and S3
  • It speeded our TTM with speedy deployment and orchestration
  • It removed needed expertise from our engineers
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IBM
  • Scale the storage when needed to get better performance.
  • Taking snapshot so we can do easy recovery if necessary.
  • We can choose different locations so they are closer to our consumers.
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