Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Reviews (91)

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Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Reviews (91)

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Users consistently praise the ease of use and scalability of Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), highlighting its ability to quickly provision and manage storage for EC2 instances. The integration with other AWS services simplifies cloud infrastructure management, making it a reliable choice for various workloads. However, some users note that understanding the pricing structure can be challenging.

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services
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"EBS works well for storing binaries and temp files"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

its easy to use for storing binaries and temporary files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

that if you dont persist EBS data it can get wiped out. the settings have to be chosen properly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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"Using EBS to underpin SAP instances"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

The ability to extend and change volume tyoe online Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

No thin provisioned flex cloning possible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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"Easily migrate storage between instances"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Easy enough to deploy a storgae device between different instances Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

I don't have much bad to say about this product, i can manage with with automation tools, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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"EBS review"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Very easy to use and setup. We were up and running using block storage very quickly. Saved us a lot of money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

We didn't discover it earlier. Nothing else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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"EBS makes it easy to scale my storage"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Add storage to a running instance as workload demands increase over time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Expanding existing storage is somewhat slower than I'd like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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"Fundamental Service for AWS"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

EBS is a fundamental service to AWS. I love that Provisioned IOPS now has a higher throughput for heavy read and write applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Nothing at all. I think it is working very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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" Prevention of data loss."
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Helps data availability when compared to SSD devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Nothing specific as they help us to retain data in case of instance issues as we can reuse the EBS disks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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"love it"
4/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

elasticity, simple management, ability to snapshot all the time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

I overpay because i overallocate, i wish there was a simple way to elastically auto scale Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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AI
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"easy storage choice with predictable performance"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

easy of choices appropriate for the applications and easy of changing tiers as the load increases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

complexity in credits and managing them beyond committed iops Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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"Fast local disks"
4/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

They just deliver the performance of a fast local disks/ssds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

They cant be shared across instances.So I can't use them as shared cache across different instances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.