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Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) provides scalable, fully managed NFS file storage for use with AWS Cloud services and on-premises resources.
Last Modified: August 29, 2025
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Key Features
- Fully managed, scalable NFS file system for AWS workloads.
- Provides shared file storage accessible by multiple EC2 instances.
- Automatically scales storage capacity as files are added or removed.
- Supports low-latency access and high availability across multiple AZs.
Common Use Cases
- Provide shared file storage for multiple EC2 instances in a VPC.
- Enable scalable storage for web applications that require a common file system.
- Host user-generated content that needs to be accessible by multiple servers.
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