How is Amazon EFS Different Than Amazon S3?
Amazon EFS (Elastic file system) and S3 (Simple Storage Service) are two different storage services provided by Amazon web services with two different purposes one storage is to store static data and another is to store dynamic data.
Elastic File System |
Simple Storage Service |
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EFS can be accessed by multiple EC2-instance at the same time which can analyze the data and can use the data combined. |
S3 is an object storage that is mainly used to store and retrieve static data the data is stored in the form of objects. |
If any changes are made by one instance to the data it is visible to the other instances immediately. |
When you perform the read and write operations on the data you will always get the most updated version of the data only. |
Widely used for the scenarios like data sharing with multiple instances. |
Commonly used for backup, restoring, and hosting static content. |
Introduction to AWS Elastic File System(EFS)
AWS(Amazon Web Services) offers a wide range of storage services that can be provisioned depending on your project requirements and use case. AWS storage services have different provisions for highly confidential data, frequently accessed data, and the not so frequently accessed data. You can choose from various storage types namely, object storage, file storage, block storage services, backups, and data migration options. All of which fall under the AWS Storage Services list.
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