Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) | Cloud File Storage

Documentation

Whitepapers

AWS Storage options

Understand and evaluate the AWS storage services portfolio.

Choosing between the different throughput & performance modes

Best practices for selecting the right Amazon EFS modes for your workload.

Encrypting file data with Amazon Elastic File System

Best practices for encrypting file systems on Amazon EFS.

Wordpress best practices on AWS

Improve the cost efficiency and user experience of Wordpress on AWS.

Oracle e-business suite on AWS

Learn the options for Oracle E-Business Suite on AWS.

AWS overview of security processes

AWS security processes for network and server infrastructure.

Case studies

Alpha Vertex uses EFS for financial modeling with machine learning.

Atlassian uses EFS with Jira Data Center for scalable shared storage.

Bambuser used EFS to move servers to the cloud for low latency videos.

BBC Uses Shared File Storage to Migrate Red Button Application to the AWS Cloud

Be Software simplifies storage and cuts costs using AWS Cloud and EFS.

Butterfly Network brings medical imaging to more people using Amazon EFS

Celgene chooses Amazon EFS to store file data for all of its R&D workloads

Creative Market is able to save 95% using EFS on their marketplace platform.

Custora uses EFS with auto-scaling to prototype new solutions faster.

Digital ReLab uses EFS to reduce total cost of ownership by 40%.

With AWS, GivenGain has been able to grow its customers by 400%.

HERE Technologies uses Amazon EFS to reduce set-up from 12 weeks to 1 week.

LoanLogics kickstarts its all-in move to the cloud with AWS storage

Monsanto uses EFS to manage their petabyte-scale analytics solution.

Seeking Alpha migrated from on-premises to AWS and EFS.

ShootProof Uses Amazon EFS to Deliver Photos Five Times Faster

Spokeo uses EFS to serve pages faster to their customers.

Swisstopo uses EFS to deliver fast map content to millions of users.

Reference architectures

Running Drupal on AWS - GitHub

Hosting Magento on AWS - GitHub

Hosting Wordpress on AWS - GitHub

Quick starts

Atlassian Confluence

Atlassian Jira

IBM MQ

Magento

Informatica PowerCenter

Tibco EMS

Corda Enterprise Blockchain

Webinars

Introducing a Cost-Optimized Storage Class for Amazon EFS

Ditch your NAS! Move to Amazon EFS: September 2018

Deep Dive on Amazon EFS: September 2018

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2019	Webinar
Mar 25	Introducing a Cost-Optimized Storage Class for Amazon EFS

2018	Webinar
Sep 25	Ditch your NAS! Move to Amazon EFS
Sep 25	Deep Dive on Amazon EFS
Sep 25	Integrating File Services to Power your M&E Workloads
Jun 29	Build Big Data and Analytics Workloads on Amazon EFS
Jun 1	Learn to Build a Cloud-Scale Website Powered by Amazon EFS
Mar 27	Enterprise Applications with Amazon EFS

2017	Webinar
Sep 27	Encryption with Amazon EFS Deep Dive
Jun 1	Deep Dive on Amazon EFS
Apr 18	Choosing AWS Storage for M&E Workloads
Feb 23	Amazon Elastic File System Deep Dive

2016	Webinar
Jul 28	Amazon EFS Webinar: Introduction and Getting Started

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Tutorials

AWS Knowledge Center: How do I encrypt my data in Amazon EFS?

Amazon EFS: How to Set-up and Mount EFS

Amazon EFS Quick Overview

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Tutorials
AWS Knowledge Center: How do I encrypt my data in Amazon EFS
Amazon EFS: How to Set-up and Mount EFS
Amazon EFS Quick Overview
Amazon Elastic File System Introduction
Amazon EFS Cloud File System Storage

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AWS event and launch videos

Got Files? Deploy Your File Workloads Quickly & Easily with AWS: re:Invent 2018

What's New in Amazon S3, Amazon EFS, Amazon EBS, & more: re:Invent 2018

Deep Dive on Amazon Elastic File System: re:Invent 2018

Optimize File System Costs using Amazon EFS Infrequent Access: re:Invent 2018

Announcements: Amazon EFS & Amazon FSx: re:Invent 2018

Launch: EFS Supports Encryption of Data in Transit: April 2018

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2018	Event or Launch
Nov 29	re:Invent: Got Files? Deploy Your File Workloads Quickly & Easily with AWS
Nov 29	re:Invent: What's New in Amazon S3, Amazon EFS, Amazon EBS, & more
Nov 28	re:Invent: Deep Dive on Amazon Elastic File System
Nov 28	re:Invent: Optimize File System Costs using Amazon EFS Infrequent Access
Nov 28	re:Invent: AWS LaunchPad - Announcements for Amazon EFS & Amazon FSx
Apr 4	Launch: EFS Supports Encryption of Data in Transit

2017	Event or Launch
Nov 30	re:Invent: Learn to Build a Scalable and Highly Available Messaging Service with Amazon EFS
Nov 29	re:Invent: Storage State of the Union
Nov 29	re:Invent: Case Study: How SiriusXM and Digital Relab Leverage EFS for Media Workflows
Nov 28	re:Invent: Deep Dive on Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
Nov 28	re:Invent: Live Demo: Accelerating Data Movement into Amazon EFS
Nov 28	re:Invent: This Is My Architecture - Lightning Round: Most Innovative Storage Solutions
Nov 28	re:Invent: Learn to Build a Cloud-Scale WordPress Site with Amazon EFS
Nov 27	re:Invent: Case Study: Learn How HERE Uses JFrog Artifactory with Amazon EFS

2016	Event or Launch
Dec 2	re:Invent: How Atlassian Uses Amazon EFS with Jira
Dec 2	re:Invent: How Monsanto Uses Amazon EFS with Geopoatial Data
Dec 2	re:Invent: Spokeo Improved Web Application Response Time with EFS
Nov 30	re:Invent: Amazon EFS Deep Dive
Nov 30	re:Invent: Storage State of the Union

2015	Event or Launch
Oct 12	re:Invent: Amazon Elastic File System

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What's new

Date	What's New
May 1, 2019	Amazon Elastic File System is Available in the AWS Canada (Central) Region
Apr 2, 2019	AWS introduces CSI Drivers for Amazon EFS and Amazon FSx for Lustre
Feb 19, 2019	Amazon EFS Now Supports Tag-on-Create
Feb 13, 2019	Amazon EFS Introduces Lower Cost Storage Class
Jan 23, 2019	Amazon Elastic File System is Available in the AWS Europe (London) Region
Jan 16, 2019	Introducing Amazon Elastic File System Integration with AWS Backup
Jan 2, 2019	Amazon EFS Announces 99.9% Service Level Agreement
Dec 12, 2018	Amazon Elastic File System is Available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region
Nov 28, 2018	Amazon EFS now Supports 1000 File Systems per Account
Nov 28, 2018	Amazon EFS now Supports Access Across Accounts and VPCs

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Date	What's New
Nov 26, 2018	Introducing AWS DataSync: A Service to Simplify, Automate, and Accelerate Online Data Transfer
Nov 26, 2018	Coming Soon - Amazon EFS Infrequent Access Storage Class
Nov 1, 2018	Amazon Elastic File System Now Supports 512 Locks per File
Oct 23, 2018	Amazon EFS now Supports AWS VPN and Inter-Region VPC Peering
Aug 15, 2018	Amazon EFS Now Available in Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region
Aug 9, 2018	Amazon ECS Now Supports Docker Volumes and Volume Plugins
Jul 13, 2018	Amazon EFS Achieves PCI DSS Compliance
Jul 12, 2018	Amazon EFS Now Supports Provisioned Throughput
Jul 11, 2018	Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Available in Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region
May 31, 2018	Amazon EFS now a HIPAA-Eligible Service
May 30, 2018	Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Available in Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region
Apr 4, 2018	Amazon EFS Now Supports Encryption of Data in Transit
Mar 14, 2018	Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Available in US West (Northern California) Region
Feb 27, 2018	Deploy Drupal on the AWS Cloud with New Quick Start
Jan 19, 2018	Deploy TIBCO Enterprise Message Service (EMS) on the AWS Cloud with New Quick Start
Dec 13, 2017	EFS File Sync Now Available in All Amazon EFS Regions
Nov 22, 2017	Sync Files to Amazon Elastic File System Quickly, Easily and Securely with EFS File Sync
Aug 25, 2017	Amazon EFS now Supports Additional Permissions for Finer-Grained Control of Directory and File Access
Aug 14, 2017	Amazon EFS Now Supports Encryption of Data at Rest
Jul 20, 2017	Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Available in EU (Frankfurt) Region
Apr 11, 2017	AWS Batch Managed Compute Environments Support Customer Provided AMIs
Mar 21, 2017	Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region
Mar 6, 2017	Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Now Supports NFSv4 Lock Upgrading and Downgrading
Jan 30, 2017	AWS Elastic Beanstalk Extensions for Amazon EFS
Dec 20, 2016	On-premises access to Amazon EFS via AWS Direct Connect Available in US East (N. Virginia) Region
Dec 20, 2016	Simplified Mounting of Amazon EFS File Systems
Nov 30, 2016	Amazon EFS Introduces the Ability to Access Amazon EFS File Systems from On-premises Servers via AWS Direct Connect
Jun 29, 2016	Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) is Now Generally Available