FSX

Question 1

FSX for Windows

Answer 1

Window’s EFS

Question 2

FSX Integrations

Answer 2

Fully managed native windows file servers/shares
* Designed for integration with windows environments
* Integrates with Directory Service or Self-Managed AD
* Single or Multi-AZ within a VPC
* On-demand and Scheduled Backups
* Accessible using VPC, Peering, VPN, Direct Connect

Question 3

EFS vs FSX

Answer 3

EFS - Linux
FSX - Windows
SMB - FSX
NFS - EFS

Question 4

FSX Supports..

Answer 4

• All AWS Windows-compatible services that use file System or Directory services, eg AWS Workspace
• Support volume shadow copies (file level versioning)
• Native Windows file system,
• supports de-duplication (sub file),
• Distributed File System (DFS),
• KMS at-rest encryption and
• Enforced encryption in-transit

Question 5

FSX Protocol

Answer 5

SMB Protocol

Question 6

FSX performance

Answer 6

• Highly Scalable
• allows for Shadow copies
• <1millisecond Latency

Question 7

FSX Keywords (Exam)

Answer 7

• VSS - File and Folder Level restore
• SMB - FSX
• Uses windows permission model
• Supports DFS scale out file system
• Managed
• Integrates with AD and directory service