Working with AWS DataSync locations
A location is a storage system or service that AWS DataSync reads from or writes to. Each DataSync transfer has a source and destination location.
DataSync supports the following location types:
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Network File System (NFS)
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Server Message Block (SMB)
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Hadoop Managed File System (HDFS)
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Object storage systems
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Amazon S3
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Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
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Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
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Amazon FSx for Lustre
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Amazon FSx for OpenZFS
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Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Where you can transfer your data depends on the following factors:
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The source and destination locations involved in the transfer
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If your locations belong to different AWS accounts
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The AWS Regions involved in the transfer
Supported transfers in the same AWS account
DataSync supports transfers between the following locations that belong to the same AWS account.
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Supported transfers across AWS accounts
DataSync supports some transfers between storage systems in different AWS accounts. While typically you don't need a DataSync agent for transfer between AWS services, an agent's required when these kinds of transfers only involve Amazon EFS or Amazon FSx file systems.
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Supported transfers in the same AWS Region
There are no restrictions when transferring data within the same AWS Region (including a Region disabled by default). For more information, see AWS Regions supported by DataSync.
Supported transfers across AWS Regions
You can transfer data between AWS Regions supported by DataSync except in the following situations:
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With AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, you can only transfer between AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West).
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You can’t transfer between Regions if one or both of the Regions is disabled by default.
When you transfer data between AWS services in different AWS Regions, one of the two locations must be in the Region where you're using DataSync.
You pay for data transferred between AWS Regions. This transfer is billed as
data transfer OUT from the source to destination Region. For more information, see
Data transfer
pricing