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What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

Amazon EFS is a very easy to set-up and implement storage for our cloud environment. We use it for back-end storage for our large systems and platforms. This helps to solve most business problems of file-as-a-service. I like that this tool provides scalable elastic file system with ease of integration with our apps and systems.

It's fast and reliable and works great with distributed and analytical systems.

High-performance ans availability.

High security features protects our data and most critical information.

Low cost. Highly affordable tool.

Amazing customer support.

I also like the ability to connect multiple users to the same data set which is useful and enables collaboration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

For my use case I have not experienced any dislike. Our data is secure and we can store any amount of data on the cloud. Flexible price options helps us to pay what we use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Amazon EFS is a very secure, fast and efficient cloud storage platform that we use in my organization for data storage and backup solution. We also use it to share files between some few EC2 instances. Overall my user experience is great.

The technical support is top-notch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Overview

What is Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) is a storage system that provides simple, scalable file storage for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud with easy to use and offers a simple interface that allows to create and configure file systems quickly and easily.

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Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) is a storage system that provides simple, scalable file storage for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud with easy to use and offers a simple interface that allows to create and configure file systems quickly and easily.


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Recent Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Reviews

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Dashan P.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"EFS is scalable and highly-available with no limit on storage size and IOPS."
EFS is fast, secure and provides ample storage. Excellent response time no need to provision storage beforehand. Easier to configure and set-up. ...
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"Amazon EFS is an easy to set-up and no maintenance tool for read and write scalability."
Amazon EFS is a great tool as it handles the scalability of the filesystem so it enables multiple instances of EC2 can write and monitor the update...
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"EFS provides unparalleled performance speed and flexibility. Has no limit on storage size."
Amazon EFS is a very easy to set-up and implement storage for our cloud environment. We use it for back-end storage for our large systems and platf...
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What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

The best about AWS service is that::

1)AWS provides very vast services related to storage , servers, firewalls, networking , security .

2)AWS has good scalability, cost effective , it has good flexibilty .

its has different regions and has good availabity zones which helps with latency issues.

3)AWS provides good security for cloud it has Identity Access Management system , where datas can be protected and different users can be provided with different access and policies.

4)AWS has good security compliance.

5)AWS provided good intergartion when in comes in terms of migration and while deployment of different application using AWS services its lot easier.

6)AWS provides good documentation on its services .

7)AWS cloud provided proper updates on its services and if any new services are included proper webinars are conducted and the process and serices are explained. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

Only the thing i dislike about AWS is naming of its services its not easier to find a service related to a particular search and naming its terms .

like example suppose S3 any new fresher wont be able to identify it as a storage service and the related term bucket it should have something named related to storage.

like other services like lightsail we wont know it is severless if you are a fresher. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

AWS helps in meeting our business like we are a company where we provide cloud solutions and we use AWS Cloud for our work and when any clients us with any application deployment , migration and some liking to move into cloud we provide them with AWS estimates , proper documentation with proper solutions and we intake the client and which is beneficial for us . its was all beacuse of AWS cloud which helps us with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

I like best about AWS Cloud is its scalability and flexibility and also AWS allows businesses to scale their infrastructure up or down based on demand Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

number of features, ease of use, ease of implementation, customer support, ease of integration, frequency of use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

AWS Cloud solves a variety of problems and provides numerous benefits that can greatly enhance efficiency eg: Scalability and Flexibility, Infrastructure Management,Cost Efficiency AWS Cloud is helping businesses solve challenges related to Scalability and Flexibility, Infrastructure Management,Cost Efficiency and the ability to focus more on core business activities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

I like AWS security. They have ton of security and tools to help me protect my data and application. Aws is always adding new service and feature Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

Aws is so complex there's steep learning curve involved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

Aws has data centers all over the world this means you can easily make your application and services available to users anywhere. It helps me to improve performance and accessibility of application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

Best cloud service provider as it is 100% on-time and less latency Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

UI is a part which can be improved, if UI is good then it is great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

Webapp deployment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

Aws make it easy to move our local Servers to cloud and the features it provides makes it easy to implement our softwares in the cloud . in the begining of our migration we had some issues on moving to cloud in that time the documentation and support gave by aws made the process to seamless now we had fully moved to aws and we now use our local servers less often and it is now work as a backup server. We recently started using services like SSM ,Elastic Beanstalk , Lambda ,etc which made our workflow to seamlessly integrate with our existing workflow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

during the early stages aws doesnt provide us the options for like entry level pricing for some major services for testing with our exixting infrastructure .if we want to use that service for a bit we need pay for the full service .now there is like option for choosing which kind of configuration you want Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

aws make scaling of our services easy .It provides us with features like Lamda which helps us run code serverless with ease and the ELB help us manage our server's auto scaling configuration , for running our code server less with docker file we use EKS like that aws now become a core part of our company Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

We can instantly deploy our applications on the AWS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

pricing of the AWS Cloud in some of the serices like Lambda, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

To build and deployee an application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

What I like about Amazon EFS is that it's very easy to use and a very powerful file system that allows for seamless transfer of user experience from one application to another in a seamless way. It also allows for storage of user-upload images to be addressed over different servers and applications.

It's very scalable which allows it to be implemented from small userbase set-up through enterprise applications.

No limitation on storage and IOPS.

Optimize cost by infrequent access tier.

Elastic it enables growth when our data grows.

Overall it's a great tool and very suitable for work in the AWS ecosystem and easily integrates with other AWS tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

It's a great tool that we highly rely on storage on cloud and some of my disadvantages I have are like EFS could be made highly-available across regions.

No compatibility with Redhat 6. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use EFS as a shared file system for a web server apps. It provides elastic file system with ease of integration and great performance. It reduces adminstration burden of storage.

Reduce over-all cost by using infrequent access tier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

Amazon EFS is a great tool as it handles the scalability of the filesystem so it enables multiple instances of EC2 can write and monitor the updates simultaneously. It's an easy to setup and has a great performance. It enables us to run multiple EC2 instances easily.

Seamless integrations with other tools.

It's fast and reliable and work very well for all the distributed and analytical systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

For me nothing I have come across that I dislike. No issues at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

I like the performance and ease of setting up is great. It's a low cost, flexible and instantaneous elastic, open and flexible tool.

The ability to connect multiple users to the same data set useful.

It provides simple, scalable file storage for use Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

EFS is fast, secure and provides ample storage. Excellent response time no need to provision storage beforehand.

Easier to configure and set-up.

Reduce admin burden of storage and reduce over-all cost by using infrequent access tier.

Run multiple EC2 instances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

Expensive when compared to other traditional storage platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

EFS is a scalable and cost effective file system with seamless integrations. We use it for our larger systems and platforms. This adequately solves the business problem of file-as-a-service.

High availability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) is widely appreciated for its ease of use and implementation. Users find the platform user-friendly, with a straightforward setup process and seamless integration with Amazon EC2 instances. The service's scalability and fully managed nature make it a popular choice for applications requiring shared file storage, such as content management systems and development environments. While the pricing model may be perceived as complex, the number of features, including automatic scalability, replication, and integration with various AWS services, adds to its appeal. Customer support from AWS is generally robust, offering forums, documentation, and premium support plans, although some users may find the pricing for premium support relatively high. The frequency of use is high for applications with consistent resource demands, while occasional or low-resource-demand use cases might consider cost-effectiveness. Overall, Amazon EFS stands out for its simplicity, scalability, and integration capabilities within the AWS ecosystem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

While Amazon EFS is suitable for many use cases, it may not offer the same level of performance as some other storage solutions, especially for applications with extremely high throughput and low-latency requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

EFS abstracts much of the complexity associated with managing a file system. It provides a fully managed service, reducing the operational overhead for tasks like capacity planning, hardware provisioning, and software configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.