What is the difference between Amazon FSx and EFS?

Question

Could someone tell me what is the difference between Amazon FSx and EFS?

Answer 1

Amazon FSx is a fully managed AWS service that offers the most popular file systems that are commercially licensed with rich sets of features, for avoiding time constraints of setting up and configuring your own file systems from scratch and the associated costs with it. This service also offers you hardware provisioning, patching, backing up and software configuration all in a cost-effective, reliable, and secure way, just like any other AWS service. Amazon FSx comes in two options: Amazon FSx for Windows Server, and Amazon FSx for Lustre.

Whereas, Amazon EFS or Elastic File System, is an AWS service, that offers you a fully managed elastic NFS file system, to use with AWS Cloud services or in on-premises setup. With Amazon EFS, you can scale up or down based on demand, without affecting other application functioning, etc. all with the similar offerings of other AWS services, of providing cost-effective, reliable, integration, etc. If you are interested in knowing more about Amazon FSx, watch the below-posted video on AWS FSX Tutorial to get a better idea. And if you are aiming for AWS certification, check out the AWS certification course from Intellipaat.