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AWS::FSx::FileSystem

Properties

Type: AWS::FSx::FileSystem
Properties:
  BackupId: String
  FileSystemType: String
  FileSystemTypeVersion: String
  KmsKeyId: String
  LustreConfiguration:
    LustreConfiguration
  OntapConfiguration:
    OntapConfiguration
  OpenZFSConfiguration:
    OpenZFSConfiguration
  SecurityGroupIds:
    - String
  StorageCapacity: Integer
  StorageType: String
  SubnetIds:
    - String
  Tags:
    - Tag
  WindowsConfiguration:
    WindowsConfiguration

FileSystemType

WINDOWS

  • FSx for Windows: windows file system shared drive
  • Supports SMB and NTFS protocols
  • Supports AD integration, ACL and user quotas
  • Supports Multi-AZ

LUSTRE

  • Lustre is a parallel distributed file system
  • For large-scale computing
  • Lustre (Linux + Cluster)

  • The throughput increases as the total storage increases

  • Use cases

  • Machine Learning

  • High Performance Computing (HPC)

  • Video Processing, Financial Modeling, Electronic Design Automation, ...

  • Seamless integration with S3 (read, write, ...)

StorageCapacity

  • Scratch File System
  • Temporary storage
  • Data not replicated
  • High burst (6x faster, 200MBps per TiB)
  • Short-term processing

Scratch File System

  • Persistent File System
  • Long-term storage
  • Data replicated within same AZ
  • Replace failed files within minutes
  • For sensitive data

Persistent File System