Amazon Elastic File System

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Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
DeveloperAmazon.com
Initial releaseJune 29, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-06-29).[1][2]
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    Operating systemCross-platform
    Available inEnglish
    TypeCloud Storage
    LicenseProprietary
    Websiteaws.amazon.com/efs/

    Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) is a cloud storage service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) designed to provide scalable, elastic, concurrent with some restrictions,[3] and encrypted[4] file storage for use with both AWS cloud services and on-premises resources.[5] Amazon EFS is built to be able to grow [6] and shrink automatically as files are added and removed. Amazon EFS supports Network File System (NFS) versions 4.0 and 4.1 (NFSv4) protocol,[7] and control access to files through Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) permissions.[8]

    Use cases

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    According to Amazon, use cases for this file system service typically include content repositories, development environments, web server farms, home directories and big data applications.[9]

    Data consistency

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    Amazon EFS provides open-after-close consistency semantics that applications expect from NFS.[3]

    Availability

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    Amazon EFS is available in all the public AWS regions at least since December 2019.[10]

    See also

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    References

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