EFS: Elastic File System

Question 1

What does the Elastic File System (EFS) provide?

Answer 1

Network-based file systems that can be mounted and used by multiple Linux EC2 instances simultaneously.

Question 2

What file system does the Elastic File System (EFS) use?

Answer 2

NFS version 4.

Question 3

Where does the Elastic File System (EFS) run?

Answer 3

EFS runs from within a VPC and provides Mount Targets that run from subnets inside Availability Zones.

Question 4

What are the two throughput modes for Elastic File System (EFS)?

Answer 4

Bursting and Provisioned.

Question 5

What are the two storage classes for Elastic File System (EFS)?

Answer 5

Standard and Infrequent Access.