Amazon EC2 | Amazon Elastic File Storage (EFS) Flashcards
Where can I learn more about EBS?
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You can visit the Amazon EBS FAQ page.
How do I access a file system from an Amazon EC2 instance?
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To access your file system, you mount the file system on an Amazon EC2 Linux-based instance using the standard Linux mount command and the file system’s DNS name. Once you’ve mounted, you can work with the files and directories in your file system just like you would with a local file system.
Amazon EFS uses the NFSv4.1 protocol. For a step-by-step example of how to access a file system from an Amazon EC2 instance, please see the Amazon EFS Getting Started guide.
What Amazon EC2 instance types and AMIs work with Amazon EFS?
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Amazon EFS is compatible with all Amazon EC2 instance types and is accessible from Linux-based AMIs. You can mix and match the instance types connected to a single file system. For a step-by-step example of how to access a file system from an Amazon EC2 instance, please see the Amazon EFS Getting Started guide.
How do I load data into a file system?
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You can load data into an Amazon EFS file system from your Amazon EC2 instances or from your on-premises datacenter servers.
Amazon EFS file systems can be mounted on an Amazon EC2 instance, so any data that is accessible to an Amazon EC2 instance can also be read and written to Amazon EFS. To load data that is not currently stored on the Amazon cloud, you can use the same methods you use to transfer files to Amazon EC2 today, such as Secure Copy (SCP).
Amazon EFS file systems can also be mounted on an on-premises server, so any data that is accessible to an on-premises server can be read and written to Amazon EFS using standard Linux tools. For more information about accessing a file system from an on-premises server, please see the On-premises Access section of the Amazon EFS FAQ.
For more information about moving data to the Amazon cloud, please see the Cloud Data Migration page.
How do I access my file system from outside my VPC?
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Amazon EC2 instances within your VPC can access your file system directly, and Amazon EC2 Classic instances outside your VPC can mount a file system via ClassicLink. On-premises servers can mount your file systems via an AWS Direct Connect connection to your VPC.
How many Amazon EC2 instances can connect to a file system?
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Amazon EFS supports one to thousands of Amazon EC2 instances connecting to a file system concurrently.
