When To Choose Amazon EFS?
Amazon EFS is suitable for the following scenarios:
- Shared File Storage: If the multiple EC2-Instances have to access the same data. EFS management of shared data and ensures consistency across instances.
- Scalability: EFS can increase and decrease its storage capacity depending on the incoming data. If you don’t have an idea how much data is going to come to the store then you can use the Amazon EFS.
- Simplified Data Sharing: If different applications want the same data to use in a collaborative manner then you can choose the Amazon EFS. EFS can share large datasets across a group of instances.
- Use with Serverless Applications: Amazon EFS is well suited for the service like serverless computing services like some of the examples AWS lambda, EFS, and so on.
- Pay-as-You-go-Model: If your application is having unpredictable storage growth then there is no need of paying upfront or no need of any prior commitments. You pay only for the storage that you are going to use.
Before you are going to use any particular service for your application you need to analyze the cost and requirements of the data that you’re going to save.
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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