EFS
Elastic File System
Last updated
Elastic File System
Last updated
• Managed NFS (network file system) that can be mounted on 100s of EC2
• EFS only works with Linux EC2 instances in multi-AZ
• Highly available, scalable, expensive (3x gp2), pay per use, no capacity planning
• Storage class that is cost-optimized for files not accessed every day
• Up to 92% lower cost compared to EFS Standard
• EFS will automatically move your files to EFS-IA based on the last time they were accessed
• Enable EFS-IA with a Lifecycle Policy
• Example: move files that are not accessed for 60 days to EFS-IA
• Transparent to the applications accessing EFS
