It's difficult to make a comparison and it depends on the customer. When analyzing costs, I must see how the customer uses AWS, Azure, or Google. Google is particularly interesting, for example, for all kinds of databases, with costs on GCP being less expensive for Postgres than AWS, which is more expensive than Azure. It depends on which customer and which zone. For instance, it's difficult to propose GCP for someone in Australia; I might propose AWS or Azure instead. The costs of services the customer needs also matter, such as storage requirements and whether storage is rational. It depends on the network.
AWS support could be more responsive. For instance, there was a delay in response when a customer faced issues creating an account, particularly around phone number confirmation.
If AWS Snowball is intercepted, there is a potential risk of unauthorized access to the data. It is fragile, and mishandling it could lead to data loss, and data could be tampered with upon receipt. An improvement should be made to manage these risks and enhance security features during transportation and handling.
There's always room for improvement as you use the service more and gain expertise. Some challenges I've faced include the time factor (data transfer can be time-consuming), data validation after the transfer, risks associated with physical handling and shipping of the device, and ensuring data security during transit.
I think AWS Snowball could improve by expanding its availability to more countries. Currently, it is limited, and in my case, FortiWeb isn't accessible in Pakistan due to shipping restrictions. A broader reach would enable more people to use and benefit from the solution.
It does have room for improvement. The ability to better ingest some of the big data. Also, improvement with prepackaging of the tool, rather than trying to use the developer set. Meaning to prepackage the solution better for different industries. Today, you don't get to prepackage, you have to build a lot of this from scratch. I have a list of 40 items on my desk, which I shared with AWS to hopefully help them in their road map on the next program.
Lead Developer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
MSP
2019-11-26T05:43:00Z
Nov 26, 2019
It's not an easy product to start using for a beginner, but If you're a professional, it's easy to understand. This is not a product for beginners. It's not an end user's tool, it's a tool to be used by service providers or large companies with experienced people and for them, the interface is ok. It has excellent detail.
Technical Consultant / CTO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Consultant
2019-09-24T05:43:00Z
Sep 24, 2019
It would be helpful if Snowball provided more kinds of connectivity. That will make it easier to add and move data. If AWS or Amazon invested in a software solution that could replace Snowball, it would be a good idea. If AWS invests in and provides for a very powerful storage gateway that can connect to the customer's storage and start making the data transfer, I think it would be better.
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It's difficult to make a comparison and it depends on the customer. When analyzing costs, I must see how the customer uses AWS, Azure, or Google. Google is particularly interesting, for example, for all kinds of databases, with costs on GCP being less expensive for Postgres than AWS, which is more expensive than Azure. It depends on which customer and which zone. For instance, it's difficult to propose GCP for someone in Australia; I might propose AWS or Azure instead. The costs of services the customer needs also matter, such as storage requirements and whether storage is rational. It depends on the network.
AWS support could be more responsive. For instance, there was a delay in response when a customer faced issues creating an account, particularly around phone number confirmation.
If AWS Snowball is intercepted, there is a potential risk of unauthorized access to the data. It is fragile, and mishandling it could lead to data loss, and data could be tampered with upon receipt. An improvement should be made to manage these risks and enhance security features during transportation and handling.
There's always room for improvement as you use the service more and gain expertise. Some challenges I've faced include the time factor (data transfer can be time-consuming), data validation after the transfer, risks associated with physical handling and shipping of the device, and ensuring data security during transit.
I think AWS Snowball could improve by expanding its availability to more countries. Currently, it is limited, and in my case, FortiWeb isn't accessible in Pakistan due to shipping restrictions. A broader reach would enable more people to use and benefit from the solution.
We are experiencing a few glitches that could be improved. The stability could be adjusted.
It does have room for improvement. The ability to better ingest some of the big data. Also, improvement with prepackaging of the tool, rather than trying to use the developer set. Meaning to prepackage the solution better for different industries. Today, you don't get to prepackage, you have to build a lot of this from scratch. I have a list of 40 items on my desk, which I shared with AWS to hopefully help them in their road map on the next program.
It's not an easy product to start using for a beginner, but If you're a professional, it's easy to understand. This is not a product for beginners. It's not an end user's tool, it's a tool to be used by service providers or large companies with experienced people and for them, the interface is ok. It has excellent detail.
It would be helpful if Snowball provided more kinds of connectivity. That will make it easier to add and move data. If AWS or Amazon invested in a software solution that could replace Snowball, it would be a good idea. If AWS invests in and provides for a very powerful storage gateway that can connect to the customer's storage and start making the data transfer, I think it would be better.