efs & fsx

Question 1

managed network file system that can be mounted on many EC2 instances

Answer 1

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

Question 2

highly available and scalable but it’s very expensive

Answer 2

EFS

Question 3

used for content management systems, and web servers

Answer 3

EFS

Question 4

Uses NFSv4 protocol

Answer 4

EFS

Question 5

Does EFS use encryption at rest?

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

Type of encryption used by EFS

Answer 6

KMS

Question 7

Is EFS compatible with Windows?

Answer 7

No

Question 8

Does EFS support Lifecycle management?

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

Provides a fully managed native Microsoft Windows file system

Answer 9

FSx for Windows

Question 10

Supports AD users, ACL’s, groups, and security policies along with Distributed File System (DFS)

Answer 10

FSx for Windows

Question 11

Managed Windows Server that runs Windows Server message Block (SMB) based file services

Answer 11

FSx for Windows

Question 12

A fully managed file system that is optimized for compute-intensive workloads that can process massive datasets at up to hundred of gigabytes per second

Answer 12

Amazon FSx for Lustre

Question 13

Used when you need distributed highly resilient storage for Linux instances and Linux-based applications

Answer 13

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

Question 14

Used when you need centralized storage for Windows-based applications such as SharePoint, Microsoft SQL server, workspaces, IIS, Web Server, or any Microsoft application

Answer 14

FSx for Windows

Question 15

Used when you need high-speed, high-capacity distributed storage, for applications that do high-performance computing. financial modeling

Answer 15

FSx for Lustre

Question 16

can FSx for Lustre store data directly on S3?

Answer 16

Yes