AWS Elastic File Shares (EFS)

• EFS is a service offered by AWS for network file shares
• EFS is scoped at Regional level i.e. we can select the zones while creating
• This storage is mounted into ec2 over vpc (network), so we need to define security group
• When we select multiple zones, synchronizing the data across zones is already configured.
• Refer Here for official docs
• Refer Here for how EFS works
• Watch classroom video for steps

AWS FSx

• Refer Here for official docs
• FSx as of now supports
  • FSx for NetApp ONTAP
  • FSx for Open Zfs
  • FSX for Windows Share
  • FSX for Lustre

Azure Storage Account

• Azure Storage Account is a service offered by Azure to support
  • disk storage (un managed disks)
  • File shares
  • Blobs
  • Table
  • Queue

File Shares on Azure

• Azure Files is part of storage account
• Azure Files use SMB Share which can be used both by windows and linux systems
• Azure also supports
  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Azure Managed Lustre