Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) | Compatibility

Question 1

In what regions is EFS File Sync available?

Compatibility

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) | Storage

Answer 1

EFS File Sync is available in all regions where Amazon EFS is available.

Question 2

What interoperability and compatibility is there between existing AWS services and Amazon EFS?

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Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) | Storage

Answer 2

Amazon EFS is integrated with a number of other AWS services, including Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CloudTrail, AWS IAM, and AWS Tagging services.

Amazon CloudWatch allows you to monitor file system activity using metrics. AWS CloudFormation allows you to create and manage file systems using templates.

AWS CloudTrail allows you to record all Amazon EFS API calls in log files.

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) allows you to control who can administer your file system. AWS Tagging services allows you to label your file systems with metadata that you define.

Question 3

What type of locking does Amazon EFS support?

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Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) | Storage

Answer 3

Locking in Amazon EFS follows the NFSv4.1 protocol for advisory locking, and enables your applications to use both whole file and byte range locks.