EFS Standard:
Designed for high-throughput, low-latency workloads.
Good for web servers, application hosting, DevOps tools, etc.
EFS IA:
Lower storage cost (up to 92% cheaper than Standard).
Good for backups, older logs, or rarely accessed files.
Still accessible instantly, but with higher latency.
No EFS Archive Tier:
If you need true archival storage with high latency but ultra-low cost, use:
Amazon S3 Glacier (~minutes to hours latency)
Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive (~12 hours latency)
n Bursting mode, your file system earns burst credits over time based on the amount of data you store. These credits allow your system to temporarily exceed the baseline throughput.
Baseline throughput: Scales linearly with storage size (e.g., 1 MB/s per 1 GiB stored).
Burst credits: Accumulate when your workload uses less than the baseline. These are then "spent" when throughput exceeds the baseline.
Burst capability: Helps with temporary spikes without needing constant high throughput.
Choose file storage when you need traditional file system access, shared folders, or low-latency frequent updates.
Choose object storage for scalable, cost-effective storage of unstructured data, especially for backups, logs, media, and cloud-native applications.
Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is one of the most widely used AWS services. It provides object storage with high scalability, availability, security, and performance. Below are common use cases where Amazon S3 is the ideal solution:
Backup and Restore
Backup and Restore
Static Website Hosting
Big Data Analytics
Data Lake Storage
Media Hosting and Streaming
Software and App Asset Delivery
Data Archiving
Content Distribution
Machine Learning Input/Output Storage
A presigned URL is used to provide permission to access objects in S3 for a certain time limit. It functions as a public URL for the specified time limit.