Item: Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)

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

Pros

Space availability is unlimited[.]
Information security[.]
Service provided by AWS[.]

Cons

Automated tasks
Network issues
Peak usage

Most Important Features

Speed
Efficient
Data retrieval

Return on Investment

No impact on ROI
Moderate profits

Alternatives Considered

Azure Blob Storage

So far I have only used Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) and Azure but comparatively [I] prefer AWS elastic Block store as its having more advantages than Azure and I found it quite satisfactory and it helped a lot for information storage. We are not looking for any other hosting provider at this time.

Key Insights

Do you think Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Azure Backup, IBM AIX

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.

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