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Amazon FSx vs. IBM Cloud Block Storage

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon FSx
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Amazon FSx is a cloud storage service designed to make it easy and cost effective to launch, run, and scale feature-rich, high-performance file systems in the cloud. It supports a range of workloads boasting reliability, security, scalability, and broad set of capabilities. As a fully managed service, it handles hardware provisioning, patching, and backups, and supports four widely-used file systems: NetApp ONTAP, OpenZFS, Windows File Server, and Lustre.N/A
IBM Cloud Block Storage
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
IBM offers their Block Storage service via IBM Cloud, allowing users to deploy and customize flash-backed iSCSI block storage from 25 GB to 12,000 GB capacity with up to 48,000 IOPS.N/A
Pricing
Amazon FSxIBM Cloud Block Storage
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Amazon FSxIBM Cloud Block Storage
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Community Pulse
Amazon FSxIBM Cloud Block Storage
Considered Both Products
Amazon FSx
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Amazon FSx
The beauty here is that I basically had to mark 3 different services to get some of the benefits of just a single service. It brings the best of these 3 solutions with a ton of added capabilities around data management and how to consolidate the usage of many silos into a …
Judith Perez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Judith Perez
Brand Manager
Chose Amazon FSx
I have not worked with other reliable and powerful platform that is as reliable as this product. This platform has given us room to concentrate on more productive activities leaving our data under a safe system. It automates file transfer and saves time in uploading documents …
IBM Cloud Block Storage
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage
  • Both services are pretty much identical when it comes to their offerings and specifically in their availability, durability and scalability of block storage.
  • AWS S3 stacks someone better in most clients given the vast offerings of AWS within the rest of their solutions …
Diana Dumpsey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Diana Dumpsey
PPC Manager
Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage
Unlike the above platforms, IBM Cloud Block Storage enable secure and quick big data migration through its secure environment and the flexibility of its Cloud options is effective. Data analytics through IBM Cloud Block Storage are easily prepared and the data access is very …
Veronica Larson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Veronica Larson
Business Analyst
Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage
IBM has given us the best data storage services and I am proud of its entire performance. The product has been able to link all our services to cloud servers that enhance transparency and offer backup services to all our services. Data that runs across the entire organization …
Rita Joy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rita Joy
Information Specialist
Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage
IBM Cloud Block Storage is known for professional space control, [which] values even the large database of above 12000GB. Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage co-assist with the data managing solution, more so for data mining, analytics, and sharing. Again, IBM Cloud Block Storage …
Jude Nickson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jude Nickson
ICT Manager
Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage
IBM Cloud Block Storage is extensively affordable when compared with the competing applications. Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage works in different operating systems, hence, it is never discriminatory. Again, IBM Cloud Block Storage creates a proper way of integrating with …
Ramindu Deshapriya | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ramindu Deshapriya
Lead Consultant - Technology
Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage
Amazon S3 isn't on IBM Cloud and isn't the best solution to be used alongside applications deployed to the IBM Cloud.
Alfonso de la Guarda Reyes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alfonso de la Guarda Reyes
CTO (Chief Technical Officer)
Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage
The biggest difference that I have been able to find from other services external to IBM has been the domain, experience and application of the technology at the datacenter scale that allows [us] to be quite sure that the data will be in good collection. But I insist that the …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage
IBM Cloud Object Storage is better suited for application development and easy to use from a higher level.

IBM Cloud Block Storage is better suited as block storage as a service and totally integrated with the infrastructure as a service, making it easy to deploy and used either …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage
Being part of an organization that has a sizable footprint in IBM Cloud, the IBM Cloud Block Storage is a natural choice. Also, IBM Cloud Block Storage's native integration with Aspera is an added bonus for use cases needing fast, reliable data storage and transfer solutions.
CP
Charlie Pusey
Technical Operations Manager
Chose IBM Cloud Block Storage
N/A. IBM Cloud Block Storage was the best solution as we already use IBM Cloud for the information that would utilise it.
Features
Amazon FSxIBM Cloud Block Storage
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Amazon FSx
8.0
Ratings
5% below category average
IBM Cloud Block Storage
-
Ratings
Versioning8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
File search8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Amazon FSx
10.0
Ratings
14% above category average
IBM Cloud Block Storage
-
Ratings
User and role management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
File organization10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Device management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Amazon FSx
10.0
Ratings
16% above category average
IBM Cloud Block Storage
-
Ratings
Performance10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Reliability10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Reports10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Amazon FSxIBM Cloud Block Storage
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
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9.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon FSxIBM Cloud Block Storage
Likelihood to Recommend
Since I started working with this platform have been performing effectively. It is compatible with our operating systems and the speed of data transfer is very reliable. The server integrates data from all our sources and enhances better planning and effective decision-making. Collaboration of our teams from remote areas is enhanced through updates on the progress of project implementation.
Judith Perez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Judith Perez
Brand Manager
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The service in general is great because on the backend. IBM offers experience and knowledge in the use of data center technologies undeniably.
I recommend it for almost any situation but particularly for databases and especially large ones. That possibility of adjusting IOPS dynamically to levels that other data centers do not offer makes it unique. I don't recommend using the service if you don't have an infrastructure expert who knows about servers, Linux, and storage because a lot of the configuration and settings require an expert hand.
Alfonso de la Guarda Reyes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alfonso de la Guarda Reyes
CTO (Chief Technical Officer)
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Pros
  • Enterprise grade unified storage in the cloud
  • Multiprotocol access
  • PV for EKS
  • Data mobility
  • Data security
  • Integration with NetApp Cloud Manager
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • Proficient scaling and system customization, which allows editing.
  • Wide range of system storage, ranging from 25GB to 12000GB.
  • Finally, IBM Cloud Block Storage deploys the most technical and efficient security measures.
Rita Joy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rita Joy
Information Specialist
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Cons
  • Data Protection from AWS console
  • Advance Matrix
  • FlexGroups creating as part of AWS console
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • The documentation must be clearer and updated, thinking about each distribution that they offer in the cloud
  • Downtime when IOPS are raised can be less
  • The configuration can be more automated from the same control panel and not have to take it so much to the CLI
Alfonso de la Guarda Reyes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alfonso de la Guarda Reyes
CTO (Chief Technical Officer)
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Alternatives Considered
The beauty here is that I basically had to mark 3 different services to get some of the benefits of just a single service. It brings the best of these 3 solutions with a ton of added capabilities around data management and how to consolidate the usage of many silos into a single place which makes it much easier to manage it, especially for the bigger enterprises.
Verified User
Anonymous
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IBM Cloud Block Storage is extensively affordable when compared with the competing applications. Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage works in different operating systems, hence, it is never discriminatory. Again, IBM Cloud Block Storage creates a proper way of integrating with other applications, more so for database control and management. IBM Cloud Block Storage is clear, through its operational charter.
Jude Nickson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jude Nickson
ICT Manager
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Return on Investment
  • It improved our TCO by optimizing storage costs between SSDs and S3
  • It speeded our TTM with speedy deployment and orchestration
  • It removed needed expertise from our engineers
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Anonymous
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  • Cloud data access and easy Cloud data analytics creation platform.
  • Visualization and Cloud data storage solution.
  • Secure and smooth Cloud data transfer.
Diana Dumpsey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Diana Dumpsey
PPC Manager
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