Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) vs. SAP on IBM Cloud

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

SAP on IBM Cloud

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)	Score 7.5 out of 10	N/A	The Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) provides a simple, scalable, elastic file system for Linux-based workloads for use with AWS Cloud services and on-premises resources.	$0.04 per month per GB (One zone)
SAP on IBM Cloud	Score 9.5 out of 10	N/A	SAP on IBM Cloud helps businesses maximize efficiency by running their SAP applications on IBM Cloud. Businesses can use SAP on IBM Cloud to move from on-premises solutions to cloud-based with higher availability, flexibility, and performance, as well as simpler disaster recovery processes.	N/A

Pricing

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

SAP on IBM Cloud

Editions & Modules

US East & West Region: $0.043
per month per GB (One zone)
Europe (Ireland) Region: $0.046
per month per GB (One zone)
Asia Pacific & Canada Region: $0.047
per month per GB (One zone)
Africa (Cape Town) Region: $0.054
per month per GB (One zone)
AWS GovCloud (US-East): $0.056
per month per GB (One zone)
US East & West Region: $0.08
per month per GB (Standard)
Asia Pacific & Canada Region: $0.09
per month per GB (Standard)
Europe (Ireland) Region: $0.09
per month per GB (Standard)
Africa (Cape Town) Region: $0.10
per month per GB (Standard)
AWS GovCloud (US-East): $0.11
per month per GB (Standard)

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)	SAP on IBM Cloud
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

There is no minimum fee or setup charge. You pay only for the storage you use, for read and write access to data stored in Infrequent Access storage classes, and for any provisioned throughput. Amazon EFS offers four storage classes: two standard storage classes, including Amazon EFS Standard and Amazon EFS Standard-Infrequent Access (EFS Standard-IA), and two One Zone storage classes, including Amazon EFS One Zone and Amazon EFS One Zone-Infrequent Access

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Community Pulse
	Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)	SAP on IBM Cloud
Considered Both Products	Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) Verified User Anonymous Chose Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) Both S3 and EBS have their place in implementations but it does matter in looking at technology solutions from a total viewpoint of marrying various projects and systems and then weighing the advantages (and disadvantages) of EFS against them. Incentivized Helpful? Iván García Consultant Chose Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) EFS is easier to configure, no need for Active Directory. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) If your Team/Company already using AWS and you are building a scalable solution which require API building which connect to a database consist numerous file, then Amazon EFS is definitely must go to tool. which enable the productivity with less maintenance highly compatibility … Incentivized Helpful? Chris Saenz Lead System Engineer Chose Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) EFS is essentially an NFS export offering, just simplified and accessible through all the automation and scalability that AWS offers. It provides high-available replicated data in multiple AZs with is akin to something like DRBD, but without having to manage the layer of … Incentivized Helpful?	SAP on IBM Cloud Ausrine Stankeviciute RPA Developer Chose SAP on IBM Cloud I have tested out both Microsoft Azure and SAP on IBM Cloud and can confidently say that SAP on IBM Cloud is the obvious choice. The key advantages of SAP on IBM Cloud compared to Microsoft Azure are that IBM Cloud offers free unlimited access to tech support, provides higher … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

SAP on IBM Cloud

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
	Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) 8.8 Ratings 9% above category average	SAP on IBM Cloud 9.0 Ratings 11% above category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime	10.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Dynamic scaling	10.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Elastic load balancing	10.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Pre-configured templates	4.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Monitoring tools	8.50 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images	7.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Operating system support	9.50 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Security controls	10.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Automation	10.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)	SAP on IBM Cloud
Small Businesses	DigitalOcean Droplets Score 8.7 out of 10	DigitalOcean Droplets Score 8.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	SAP on IBM Cloud Score 9.5 out of 10	Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises	SAP on IBM Cloud Score 9.5 out of 10	IBM Power Virtual Server Score 7.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)	SAP on IBM Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend	7.5 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (0 ratings)	7.8 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)	SAP on IBM Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend	This tool is very well suited if you want to work in the AWS ecosystem along with other AWS tools as it easily integrates with them. This works very fast for distributed systems. Sometimes, you can face compatibility issues with the operating system so my advice would be to check that before the implementation. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	There are some specific scenarios where SAP on IBM Cloud is less appropriate. For example, if a company is looking for a platform to run small or experimental applications, then SAP on IBM Cloud may not be the best option. Additionally, if a company is looking for a very customized or tailored solution, then SAP on IBM Cloud may also be less appropriate. However, for most businesses who are looking for a secure, scalable, and reliable platform to run their business applications, SAP on IBM Cloud is an excellent option. Incentivized Mike Koolwijk Onlinemarketing consulent Read full review
Pros	EFS is easily made high-availability. EFS is simple to implement. EFS uses native NFS file-sharing protocol. Incentivized Chris Saenz Lead System Engineer Read full review	Reaching multiple business data across various platforms Analytics are the best and effective Intelligent capabilities and reporting tools are excellent Easy to manage project Incentivized Veronica Derrick Automation Engineer Read full review
Cons	Integration with Windows instances is not supported Incentivized Iván García Consultant Read full review	Migrating SAP workloads to Cloud is not easy especially to new users. Data recovery if made easy it will be superb. It is complex to maintain Clouds data security by new users. Incentivized Daisy Cooper Restaurant Manager Read full review
Support Rating	The documentation is sufficient for setting up and it is basic NFS for mounting so not much support is required. I have not had any issues to warrant a request with AWS support. Incentivized Chris Saenz Lead System Engineer Read full review	It takes time to respond and never gives good solutions to the problems, since it seems somewhat robotic with its automatic messages, then when we speak directly with the support, it never gives a solution to our problems, we have to find other ways. Incentivized Hannah Simons Senior Reporting Analyst Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Both S3 and EBS have their place in implementations but it does matter in looking at technology solutions from a total viewpoint of marrying various projects and systems and then weighing the advantages (and disadvantages) of EFS against them. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	I have tested out both Microsoft Azure and SAP on IBM Cloud and can confidently say that SAP on IBM Cloud is the obvious choice. The key advantages of SAP on IBM Cloud compared to Microsoft Azure are that IBM Cloud offers free unlimited access to tech support, provides higher object storage space as well as unlimited private virtual servers. Incentivized Ausrine S. RPA Developer Read full review
Return on Investment	Positive: Highly scalable solution, more than 6 month for bug fixing exist only product improvement is there Positive : Dynamic file maintenance to make sure no session time out issue Negative: Nothing as such Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	We used the tool to generate great data insights. Integration with multiple data sources. Powerful data access and data visualization. Reporting capabilities can not be compared. Incentivized Hannah Caleb Quality Engineer Read full review
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