Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) provides simple, scalable file storage for use with Amazon EC2 instances 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. With Amazon EFS, storage capacity is elastic, growing and shrinking automatically as you add and remove files, so your applications have the storage they need, when they need it.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) | 6.4% |
| NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP | 11.6% |
| Nasuni | 9.8% |
| Other | 72.2% |
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| Red Hat Ceph Storage | 4.2 | N/A | 82% | 27 interviewsAdd to research |
| MinIO | 4.0 | N/A | 100% | 24 interviewsAdd to research |
| Company Size | Count |
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| Small Business | 6 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 4 |
| Large Enterprise | 7 |
| Company Size | Count |
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| Small Business | 154 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 80 |
| Large Enterprise | 339 |
When mounted to Amazon EC2 instances, an Amazon EFS file system provides a standard file system interface and file system access semantics, allowing you to seamlessly integrate Amazon EFS with your existing applications and tools. Multiple Amazon EC2 instances can access an Amazon EFS file system at the same time, allowing Amazon EFS to provide a common data source for workloads and applications running on more than one Amazon EC2 instance.
It’s designed for high availability and durability, and provides performance for a broad spectrum of workloads and applications, including Big Data and analytics, media processing workflows, content management, web serving, and home directories.
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| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group | 4.0 | I primarily use Amazon EFS as a shared file storage system for NAS devices with data-heavy applications, benefiting from its auto-scaling capabilities. While valuable for its scalability and ease of configuration, a one-click setup would enhance integration. |
| Regional Manager at Aspire Lifestyles | 4.0 | We rely on Amazon EFS for secure, cost-effective cloud storage, integrating virus scanning and serverless features. It's excellent for our needs with notable savings and no improvements required. AWS is our preferred provider due to integration and vendor approval. |
| Subject Matter Expert at Bureau veritas | 3.5 | I’ve used Amazon EFS for over five years; it’s easy to set up, scales automatically, and works well with Linux systems, though it's a bit costly. Support is good, and overall, I rate it seven out of ten. |
| AWS Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees | 3.5 | In deploying applications, I use Amazon EFS for shared storage, ensuring seamless server access and continuity. It scales efficiently without pre-provisioning and integrates well with AWS services. I've encountered no significant issues, and its performance meets expectations. |
| Software developer at TAIGLE LLC | 5.0 | We use Amazon EFS by mounting it with EC2 instances for scalable storage. Its ease of integration and automatic scaling reduces costs by 20-30%. Improvement is needed in connectivity to match S3 buckets' API availability, which sometimes serve better. |
| Data Engineer at Softtech Cloud Technologies | 3.5 | I use Amazon EFS with EC2 for its user-friendly, serverless data sharing and low latency performance management. While it's efficient for data processing, I face challenges with AWS regarding security, particularly with IMS code and encryption. |
| Head of Engineering - Data and Machine Learning at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees | 3.5 | I use Amazon EFS across our system for file sharing, backups, and user files in development, testing, QA, and production. Its security under VPC and customizable throughput and IOPS make it easy to use as a shared drive. |
| DevOps Developer at AFORV Private Limited | 4.5 | Amazon EFS integrates well with AWS services but requires improvement in performance and cost transparency. While performance optimization features are available, the lack of clarity in costs is concerning. Monitoring through EFS itself is advised for better insights. |
