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Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
UN
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Works great, a bit costly"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

We use it to share the home directories for our users to allow them to have the same env on all of their unix machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Just the cost. We have to pay money for this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Effective but expensive"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

The performance seems to be ok in comparison to EBS for random reads. Scales well and provides a great platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The cost is on the higher side. The cost gets escalted drastically as the size of the data increases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Sporting Goods
US
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"AWS EFS connects other AWS services"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

AWS EFS integrates all the other AWS services together Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Monitoring tools could be useful if it is standard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Industrial Automation
AI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"efs backend for docker swarm"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

The flexibility that allows you to attach the file sytem and it can grow over time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

What I dislike about this product is nothing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"EFS is simple and straightforward"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

It is easy to have simple file shares created and used for our cloud configuration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It may not be as flexible as normal on-prem NFS solutions (not to mention no real SMB functionality or DFS integration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
AE
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Solid service, no extended ACL's"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

It work solidly. If you need performance, be sure to select the right mode. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

NFS v4 extended ACLs not supported. If you don't need them, then it's great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Entertainment
AE
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Excellent for file sharing for your unix env"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

Easy to create and configure. Easy to mount, use and backup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Nothing I remember. Sometime latency report from application teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
II
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"AWS Elastic - makes our product better"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

makes our product easier to use, is a value add to customer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

i haven't run into issues with customers, other than the AWS outage that effected quite a few customers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Nice start but a bit slow"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

File on cloud exists. HPC and EDA products need file Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Slow and doesn't scale well across nodes. Doesn't meet EDA and HPC needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching
UP
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Very user friendly! "
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)?

I love how easy to use this software system is. Have a question? The FAQ sections has literally step by step instructions. For those who are more tech savvy, you'll find the perks much better than other file systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The initial setup up isn't as easy to configure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Time to Implement

1 month

Return on Investment

9 months

Average Discount

10%

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