Huawei Cloud Elastic Volume Service (EVS) vs OVHcloud Block Storage

HEHuawei Cloud Elastic Volume Service (EVS)8.9Visit OVHcloud Block Storage8.5Visit

Higher score HE Huawei Cloud Elastic Volume Service (EVS) #5 in Block Storage Services 8.9/10 Paid ✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Huawei Cloud

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OVHcloud Block Storage #9 in Block Storage Services 8.5/10 Paid ✓ 3 of 4 features Visit OVHcloud

• Huawei Cloud Elastic Volume Service (EVS) fits best

  High-IOPS Huawei Cloud deployments

• OVHcloud Block Storage fits best

  Budget-conscious OVHcloud users

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Side by side

Feature	HEHuawei Cloud Elastic Volume Service (EVS) 8.9/10 Visit ↗	OVHcloud Block Storage 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.5
Ranking	#5 in Block Storage Services	#9 in Block Storage Services
Best for	High-IOPS Huawei Cloud deployments	Budget-conscious OVHcloud users
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	$0.05/GB/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Live chat, Tickets, Docs	Community, Docs
Integrations	6 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Huawei Cloud Elastic Volume Service (EVS) 3/4 · OVHcloud Block Storage 3/4
Snapshots	✓	✓
Multi-attach	✓	✓
Encryption	✓	✓
Cross-region replication	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Max volume size	32 TB	Not checked yet
Volume types	Extreme SSD; Ultra-high I/O; General Purpose SSD; General Purpose SSD V2; High I/O; Common I/O	Classic, High Speed, High Speed Gen2
Maximum IOPS	128000 IOPS (best)	500 IOPS
Our review
Pros	Up to 128,000 IOPS per disk with Extreme SSD and SSD V2 Online expansion, snapshots, encryption, backups, and monitoring Shared disks can attach to up to 16 cloud servers	Three volume classes with performance up to 20,000 IOPS Snapshots, restoration, resizing, and triple data replication API, CLI, Terraform, and OpenStack management options
Cons	No free plan is available Performance varies by disk type and selected tier Cross-region continuity relies on Cloud Backup and Recovery	Classic starts at 500 IOPS Encryption and some capabilities vary by region Designed for OVHcloud Public Cloud instances
Our verdict	Huawei Cloud Elastic Volume Service (EVS) provides virtual block storage for Huawei Cloud servers through web and REST API access. It supports system and data disks across workloads such as databases, development and testing, distributed… Read the review →	OVHcloud Block Storage provides persistent volumes that attach to OVHcloud Public Cloud instances as additional disks. It suits databases, virtual machines, containerized applications, analytics, and backup workloads that need storage… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Huawei Cloud Elastic Volume Service (EVS) — where it wins

  • Up to 128,000 IOPS per disk with Extreme SSD and SSD V2
  • Online expansion, snapshots, encryption, backups, and monitoring
  • Shared disks can attach to up to 16 cloud servers

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Performance varies by disk type and selected tier
  • Cross-region continuity relies on Cloud Backup and Recovery

• OVHcloud Block Storage — where it wins

  • Three volume classes with performance up to 20,000 IOPS
  • Snapshots, restoration, resizing, and triple data replication
  • API, CLI, Terraform, and OpenStack management options

  Where it doesn't

  • Classic starts at 500 IOPS
  • Encryption and some capabilities vary by region
  • Designed for OVHcloud Public Cloud instances

• HEHuawei Cloud Elastic Volume Service (EVS)8.9/10 · Paid

  A flexible EVS service for Huawei Cloud workloads that need selectable disk performance.

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• OVHcloud Block Storage8.5/10 · Paid

  A flexible OVHcloud storage service with low entry pricing and tiered performance.

  Visit OVHcloudFull verdict →