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Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)

Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)

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What is Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) from AWS is designed for application workloads that benefit from fine tuning for performance, cost and capacity. Typical use cases include Big Data analytics engines (like the Hadoop/HDFS ecosystem and Amazon EMR clusters), relational and…

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January 27, 2023

A Trusted Data Storage Partner

Alok Pabalkar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alok Pabalkar
Co-Founder & CTO
GIDE.AI (Internet, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are integrating an open source web3 protocol called matrix.org to build our internal communication and chat platform. We are enabling Slack, Whatsapp, Discord, Instagram for our internal and external use. When using all these channels media and content gets shared between our various users and the current version of matrix does not provide a direct way for us to store the content on S3. Hence we added a EBS Volume on a general management server and then using NFS we attached it to our matrix servers. This way when we autoscale our matrix servers, the NFS bonds between the EBS and matrix servers allows us to share the stored content instantly with the newly spawned matrix servers.
Pros and Cons
  • High Performance & Instantly Available on Demand
  • Differential Prizing as per requirement
  • Long term durability
  • Network Latency can be an issue sometimes
  • It can become tedious to figure out the linkage between EBS & the volume mounted on the servers, especially if one is using multiple EBS
  • Naming conventions can be confusing, it's not automatic and if user is dis-organised then it can lead to confusing
Likelihood to Recommend
It is enterprise architecture ready. Easily configurable and available on demand with differential pricing as per volume, size requirement. Its easy to manage, attach/de-attach and re-attach without any dataloss. Can be used for backups, hosting own database storage etc.
January 10, 2022

AWS EBS is a most trusted one for business purposes

Verified User
Executive in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
AWS EBS is working fine to store the data on the server. The information was stored on the hard disc, which caused a challenge in retrieving it. The price is also quite low. Our only issue was with latency. Large volumes of data are also extracted using EBS. It does, however, take time.
Pros and Cons
  • Speed.
  • Storage.
  • Capacity.
  • Transparency.
  • Security for data should be improved.
Likelihood to Recommend
EBS has the ability to make data is efficiently saved, and it is treated with care. Zone availability is one of the most intriguing characteristics. When an instance is terminated, no data is lost. The starting time has been reduced. You can pause and resume the instance at any time. It is possible that utilizing an EBS AMI is more expensive than using a non-EBS AMI.
January 10, 2022

AWS EBS is one of the finest service from Amazon

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Right now I am using it to save the statistics on the server. There became a hassle getting the statistics due to the fact the statistics became saved at the difficult drive. The value is likewise pretty cheap. The best hassle we had was latency. EBS is likewise used to extract big quantities of data. However, it takes time.
Pros and Cons
  • Speed.
  • Data storage.
  • Storage space availability.
  • Automating tasks.
  • Connectivity.
Likelihood to Recommend
In this EBS the data is saved successfully and facts are processed with caution. One of the maximum thrilling functions is quarter availability. No facts are misplaced whilst the example is terminated. The startup time is shortened. You can prevent and begin the example. Using an EBS AMI may be greater expensive than the usage of a non-EBS AMI.
December 31, 2021

EBS is a great option for storage.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using this to Storage for our EC2 instances and customers information. We've been able to use this to scale up and down our storage requirements as the situation progresses. EBS backed instances can be stopped and restarted without losing any data on the EBS volume.
Pros and Cons
  • Storage is simple to set up.
  • Making backups is simple and quick.
  • Problems with the network
  • It can be difficult to figure out which volume type we require
Likelihood to Recommend
Data is handled with caution, and information is managed effectively. One of the most exciting aspects is the availability of zones. If the instance is terminated, your data will not be lost. It's simple to add more storage, remove storage, or switch between storage speeds.
December 10, 2021

Amazon Elastic block store is going to be a ruler in the present market

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are currently using it to store information about customers. There was a problem retrieving the information because the information is stored on the hard drive. The costs are also quite affordable. The only problem we had was latency. EBS is also used to extract large amounts of data. However, it takes some time.
Pros and Cons
  • Space availability is unlimited[.]
  • Information security[.]
  • Service provided by AWS[.]
  • Automated tasks
  • Network issues
  • Peak usage
Likelihood to Recommend
Information is stored efficiently and data is handled with care. One of the most interesting features is the availability of zones. If the instance is terminated, your data will not be lost. Boot time is reduced. Instances can be stopped and started. It may be more expensive to use an EBS AMI than to use a non-EBS AMI.
November 23, 2021

AWS EBS is a must for storage purpose

Verified User
Professional in Professional Services
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are currently using it to store customer information. There is a problem retrieving the information because it is saved on a hard drive. The costs are also rather affordable. The only issue we're having is with latency. The EBS has also been used to extract a large amount of data. However, it takes some time.
Pros and Cons
  • pull out the data
  • information is secured
  • space availability
  • network latency
  • automation
Likelihood to Recommend
Information is efficiently stored, and data is carefully handled. Zone availability is one of the nicest features. If the instance is terminated, your data is not lost. Bootup time is reduced. Instances can be stopped and started. It is possible that utilizing EBS AMIs is more expensive than using non-EBS AMIs.
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