Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Nutanix solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #9 in CS , with an average rating of 8.4. Nutanix is ranked #5 in SDS , with an average rating of 9.0, and holds a 3.8% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Nutanix users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block S...

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Storage (9th)

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS)

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

All-Flash Storage (8th), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (5th), Public Cloud Storage Services (6th), File and Object Storage (4th), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (4th)

Featured Reviews

RamKumar Chinnu

Cloud , DevOps Engineer at NCS Group

Oct 22, 2024

Effortless disk expansion enhances EC2 efficiency with a straightforward setup

I mainly use Amazon EBS for EC2 configuration. We use it for the EC2 purpose to store data and mount with the running EC2 instances. EBS is the backbone of the compute instances. It is not only a disk; it is the main support for running EC2 instances. Moreover, if you want to use the EBS volume in…

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Tejas Patil

Systems Engineer at a university with 10,001+ employees

Aug 17, 2024

It's easy for users to access and saves us a significant amount of money

We use Nutanix Unified Storage for file storage and SMB sharing. My company has around 2,000 to 3,000 users on the platform We have massive storage needs and currently have 20 terabytes of storage Nutanix. We are storing around 10 or 11 terabytes of data on NUS. The cost would be huge if we…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature of the solution is backup...Amazon EBS is a very good product since it is very easy to enhance or increase and migrate your servers immediately, in a matter of seconds."

"The durability and snapshot capabilities are good."

"The most valuable features of Amazon EBS are the ease of mounting any file system and good for block storage. We can use secondary storage for our difficult instances and it performs well."

"The product’s most valuable feature is IOPS."

"The tool has different types of volumes, like SSD and HDD."

"One of the most valuable was snapshots. There were scenarios in which the whole EC2 crashed, or we were unable to use it for some time, but the data on the mounted volumes were crucial to us. So, at that time, snapshots were very helpful."

"The integration of Amazon EBS with EC2, S3, and Amazon Glacier is seamless and easy, creating a comprehensive cloud environment."

"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that during the deployment, the tool indirectly provides our company with resources for our core side and cloud-based resources."

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"The product's benefits stem from the ease of use and management it offers to its users."

"I like its interface. It is very interactive and simple to use."

"We have been able to save local disk space by using Data Lens. We upload 18 GB to the cloud and are able to save 20% to 25%."

"The solution is very easy to manage."

"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Unified Storage is SMB file sharing."

"The scalability, ease of use, and technical support are the most valuable features of Nutanix Unified Storage."

"We have virtually zero downtime with Nutanix. It updates itself, and we can easily move machines from one cluster to another."

"The most valuable features are the interface and support."

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Cons

"Amazon EBS performs well but it could improve."

"There is room for improvement in AWS support."

"The features could be improved."

"The initial setup process is easy."

"There is room for improvement in terms of file storage. Recently, we had a scenario in which, in a file share, we had increased the IOPS capacity; this was for the production environment."

"There is a lack of awareness and knowledge about Amazon EBS among potential users, which results in underutilization."

"It would be good if the solution added a button to increase the size and make the EC2 machine recognize the increased capacity of the EBS."

"Having more flexibility in resizing, especially scaling down, would be beneficial."

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"I would like Nutanix to provide a solution for virtual disks. This is the main problem for which we want a solution."

"From a management side, the one thing I would prefer is if it were a bit less expensive for smaller enterprises. It's a bit costly. If they provided flexible modules where you could pick and choose features, and only pay for what you use, that would be an improvement."

"While Unified Storage has evolved a lot over time, its database handling needs to improve a little. There could be an improvement in terms of costs. It's a little expensive for Brazil but still delivers a lot of performance."

"The graphical user interface could provide more detail. It would be nice if we could click on the service and get some expanded definitions of them. When hiring new people, it's difficult to teach them how everything works, but if they can access everything, they can teach themselves."

"Perhaps Unified Storage could be improved by including artificial intelligence to make searches more effective. Also, if someone has access who shouldn't, it could automatically update, so I do not need to physically remove permission. The platform could do it automatically. AI could make it more self-service."

"The GUI is easy to use, but it's complex to do tasks from the command line. That is one way they could simplify things for the engineers. People tend to use a graphical interface more than the command line interface. If anything goes wrong, we need to do troubleshooting from the CLI. It would be nice if there were more ways to fix issues within the GUI."

"Pricing can always be better."

"Perhaps when it comes to deploying NUS virtual machines on top of CVMs, it should not be necessary for it to be in all of them or they should require fewer resources on the servers."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"What I want Amazon to do is lower the price."

"The solution is quite costly."

"I find the price reasonable for our I environment."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high, I rate the price a seven."

"It is a cost-effective solution."

"The product is low-priced than other solutions."

"You need to pay additional costs for support."

"The pricing models may be for general purposes, such as Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS Volume or Amazon EBS Cold HDD Volumes."

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"Its pricing is good to okay. It is not super inexpensive, but it is still competitive. Everything could always be lower."

"Nutanix is priced a bit higher than some of its competitors. A lot of Chinese companies like Huawei are entering the Saudi Arabian market trying to provide similar solutions for a lower price. It offers a good value, especially the support. Nutanix has a highly competent team. The after-sales support is excellent."

"I find Nutanix Files Storage competitively priced, even its feature set. Its price is seven out of ten."

"Nutanix Unified Storage was cheaper than other solutions we evaluated."

"I'm happy with the cost and licensing because I don't have big volumes."

"The solution’s pricing could be cheaper."

"It is not too high for what we are using."

"For clients running Nutanix, the licensing cost for Files is a small add-on cost."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

52%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

30%

Educational Organization

28%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Amazon's S3 Glacier or EBS (Elastic Block Store)?

Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon's S3 Glacier or Elastic Block Store data storage software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Amazon's S3 Glacier, whi...

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

The durability and snapshot capabilities are good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?

On a scale of one to ten, if one point is a cheap solution and ten points is very expensive, I rate the product price an eight.

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What do you like most about Nutanix Unified Storage?

Nutanix has excellent product documentation available on their portals, written in simple, easy-to-understand language.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Unified Storage?

Nutanix Unified Storage isn't expensive.

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Unified Storage?

The dashboard could be more customizable

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Overview

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) provides persistent block level storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud. Each Amazon EBS volume is automatically replicated within its Availability Zone to protect you from component failure, offering high availability and durability. Amazon EBS volumes offer the consistent and low-latency performance needed to run your workloads. With Amazon EBS, you can scale your usage up or down within minutes – all while paying a low price for only what you provision.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is a software-defined storage solution that consolidates seamless access and management of siloed block, file, and object storage into a single platform. Leveraging the Nutanix Cloud Platform, NUS is built for scale, performance, and integrated data security requirements of modern applications deployed on core, cloud, or edge.

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