Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) | Cloud File Storage

Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) provides simple, scalable file storage in the AWS Cloud. Amazon EFS is easy to use and offers a simple interface that allows you to create and configure file systems quickly and easily.

Here you will find valuable resources to help you get the most out of your Amazon EFS deployment.

Documentation

Amazon EFS User Guide: HTML | PDF

Getting Started with Amazon EFS

Amazon EFS Walkthroughs

Amazon EFS Performance

Amazon EFS Security

Amazon EFS API

Amazon EFS How it Works

Amazon EFS to EFS Backup Solution

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.

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.

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

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

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

Ditch your NAS! Move to Amazon EFS: September 2018

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Deep Dive on Amazon EFS: September 2018

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Integrating File Services to Power Your M&E Workloads: September 2018

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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

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

Deep Dive: Amazon EFS: Cloud File Storage on AWS: re:Invent 2017

SiriusXM and Digital ReLab Leverage EFS for Media Workflows: re:Invent 2017

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2018	Event or Launch
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 Amaozn 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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Blogs and News

2018	Announcement
Nov 1	Amazon Elastic File System Now Supports 512 Locks per File
Oct 23	Amazon EFS Now Supports AWS VPN and Inter-Region VPC Peering
Aug 15	Amazon EFS Now Available in Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region
Aug 2	Blog: Provisioned Throughput for Amazon EFS
Jul 13	Amazon EFS Achieves PCI DSS Compliance
Jul 12	Amazon EFS Now Supports Provisioned Throughput
Jul 11	Amazon EFS Now Available in Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region
May 31	Amazon EFS Now a HIPAA Eligible Service
May 30	Amazon EFS Now Available in Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region
Apr 4	Blog: Encryption of Data in Transit for Amazon EFS
Apr 4	Amazon EFS Now Supports Encryption of Data in Transit
Mar 14	Amazon EFS Now Available in US West (Northern California) Region

2017	Announcement
Aug 25	Amazon EFS now Supports Additional Permissions for Finer-Grained Control of Directory and File Access
Aug 14	Blog: New - Encryption of Data at Rest for Amazon Elastic File System
Aug 14	Amazon EFS Now Supports Encryption of Data at Rest
Mar 4	Amazon EFS Now Supports NFSv4 Lock Upgrading and Downgrading
Jul 20	Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Available in EU (Frankfurt) Region

2016	Announcement
Dec 20	On-premises access to Amazon EFS via AWS Direct Connect Available in US East (N. Virginia) Region
Dec 20	Simplified Mounting of Amazon EFS File Systems
Dec 20	Blog: Amazon EFS Update - On-premises Access Via Direct Connect
Nov 30	Amazon EFS Introduces the Ability to Access Amazon EFS File Systems from On-premises Servers via AWS Direct Connect
Jun 29	Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) is Now Generally Available
Jun 28	Blog: Amazon Elastic File System Production Ready in Three Regions