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AWS re:Invent 2023 - What’s New with AWS File Storage (STG219)

Summary

AWS has launched over 20 new file storage features in the past year and introduced another seven at re:Invent 2023.
The talk covered the evolving role of file storage, challenges of data growth, AWS solutions for a broad spectrum of cloud workloads, and detailed new capabilities.
Data growth is accelerating, with file data constituting the majority due to its rich history and ubiquity across various workloads.
AWS file storage services address challenges of scale, cost optimization, and integration with cloud and on-prem environments.
AWS focuses on serving enterprise storage administrators and cloud-native builders/data scientists, with different needs and expectations.
AWS FSx family targets user shares, enterprise apps, and compute-intensive workloads, while Amazon EFS is designed for cloud-native applications.
Recent investments in AWS file storage services include performance improvements, enhanced data management and resilience capabilities, and cost optimization features.
FSx for ONTAP now offers scale-out file systems with significantly increased performance limits.
FSx for Lustre and OpenZFS have introduced new data management capabilities and cost optimization features.
Amazon EFS has seen continuous performance improvements and the introduction of a new cost-effective storage class, EFS Archive.

The rapid growth of data, particularly file data, is driving innovation in AWS file storage services to meet the demands of diverse workloads.
AWS's approach to file storage is customer-centric, focusing on the specific needs of enterprise administrators and cloud-native builders, which reflects the company's broader customer obsession principle.
The introduction of scale-out file systems for FSx for ONTAP addresses the needs of customers with high-performance requirements, such as Arm, and simplifies the management of large-scale file storage.
FSx for Lustre's integration with S3 and the new on-demand throughput scaling feature demonstrate AWS's commitment to supporting GenAI and HPC workloads with high performance and cost efficiency.
FSx for OpenZFS's new multi-AZ deployment and on-demand data replication features cater to customers requiring high resilience and efficient data transfer across file systems.
Amazon EFS's continuous performance improvements and the new EFS Archive storage class show AWS's dedication to providing simple, scalable, and cost-effective solutions for cloud-native applications.
The customer examples provided, such as eHealth NSW and LG AI Research, illustrate the tangible benefits of AWS file storage services in terms of performance, cost savings, and operational efficiency.