Amazon FSx Overview:
- Amazon FSx is a fully managed service for launching high-performance third-party file systems on AWS.
- It provides a range of options for different use cases, including Lustre, Windows File Server, NetApp ONTAP, and OpenZFS.
- Each FSx type is optimized for specific workloads and offers various features and integrations.
Amazon FSx Types:
- Amazon FSx for Windows File Server:
- Fully managed Windows File Server share drive supporting SMB protocol and NTFS.
- Integrates with Microsoft Active Directory for user security.
- Supports ACLs, user quotas, and can be mounted on Linux EC2 instances.
- Scalable performance, ranging up to tens of gigabytes per second and millions of IOPS.
- Offers SSD for low-latency workloads and HDD for cost-effective storage.
- Supports Multi-AZ deployment for high availability and daily backups to Amazon S3.
- Amazon FSx for Lustre:
- Distributed file system for large-scale computing, ideal for machine learning and HPC.
- Scales to hundreds of gigabytes per second, millions of IOPS, and sub-millisecond latency.
- Offers SSD for low latency and HDD for throughput-intensive workloads.
- Seamlessly integrates with Amazon S3 for data access and storage.
- Supports deployment options: scratch file system for temporary storage and persistent file system for long-term storage.
- Compatible with on-premises servers via VPN or Direct Connect.
- Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP:
- Managed NetApp ONTAP file system compatible with NFS, SMB, and iSCSI protocols.
- Ideal for migrating workloads running on ONTAP or NAS from on-premises to AWS.
- Broad compatibility with various operating systems and AWS services.
- Features auto-scaling, replication, snapshots, data compression, and de-duplication.
- Supports point-in-time instantaneous cloning for testing new workloads.
- Amazon FSx for OpenZFS:
- Managed OpenZFS file system compatible with NFS protocol.
- Designed for migrating ZFS workloads to AWS.
- Supports broad compatibility with operating systems.
- Offers high performance with up to 1 million IOPS and low latency.
- Features snapshots, compression, low cost, and point-in-time instantaneous cloning.
Key Points:
- Each Amazon FSx type caters to specific use cases, offering scalability, performance, and compatibility with different protocols and operating systems.
- Understanding the characteristics and features of each FSx type is crucial for selecting the right file system for specific workload requirements.
Amazon FSx offers two main file system deployment options: scratch file system and persistent file system. Let's delve into each:
Scratch File System (Amazon FSx for Lustre):
- Purpose: Temporary storage for short-term processing of data, optimized for high bursts of performance.
- Data Replication: Data is not replicated, meaning there's only one copy of the data. If the underlying server fails, data loss occurs.
- Performance: Provides exceptionally high bursts of performance, typically six times that of a persistent file system.
- Throughput: Offers high throughput, such as 200 megabytes per second per terabyte of throughput.
- Use Cases:
- Short-term data processing where data loss is acceptable.
- Workloads requiring optimization of costs by avoiding data replication.
- Architecture: Compute instances connect to FSx across Availability Zones (AZs), with the scratch file system having only one copy of the data.