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Cloud Computing · Intermediate

Amazon FSx

AWS family of managed file systems: FSx for Windows File Server, Lustre, NetApp ONTAP and OpenZFS.

Definition

FSx for Windows File Server provides SMB shares integrated with Active Directory; FSx for Lustre delivers high-performance parallel storage for HPC and ML and can link to S3; FSx for NetApp ONTAP offers multiprotocol NFS/SMB/iSCSI with ONTAP features; FSx for OpenZFS provides ZFS-based NFS storage.

Example

An HPC genomics pipeline uses FSx for Lustre linked to an S3 bucket of raw data.

Exam tip

Keywords: Windows/SMB/AD means FSx for Windows; HPC/parallel means FSx for Lustre; migrating NetApp means FSx for ONTAP.

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