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Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) vs VMware vSAN
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) overall.
- Reviewers felt that Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) meets the needs of their business better than VMware vSAN.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) is the preferred option.
- When assessing product direction, Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) and VMware vSAN received similar ratings from our reviewers.
Very easy to use and setup. We were up and running using block storage very quickly. Saved us a lot of money.
At first it wasn’t so user friendly. But once I got the hang of it I realized it wasn’t as bad as I had initially though.
Fast, convenient, easy to use, many features
Basically still inferior to other solutions on the market, for example losing a disk in OSA mode equals losing the entire node. ESA mode disk requirement (at least 4 SSDs) is high for small setups. VMware support must definitely improve, documentation,...
Very easy to use and setup. We were up and running using block storage very quickly. Saved us a lot of money.
Fast, convenient, easy to use, many features
At first it wasn’t so user friendly. But once I got the hang of it I realized it wasn’t as bad as I had initially though.
Basically still inferior to other solutions on the market, for example losing a disk in OSA mode equals losing the entire node. ESA mode disk requirement (at least 4 SSDs) is high for small setups. VMware support must definitely improve, documentation,...
