Amazon FSx OpenZFS (AMS SSPS)
Amazon FSx for OpenZFS is a fully managed file storage service that makes it easy to move data residing in on-premises ZFS or other Linux-based file servers to AWS without changing your application code or how you manage data. It offers highly reliable, scalable, performant, and feature-rich file storage built on the open-source OpenZFS file system, providing the familiar features and capabilities of OpenZFS file systems with the agility, scalability, and simplicity of a fully managed AWS service. For developers building cloud-native applications, it offers simple, high-performance storage with rich capabilities for working with data.
Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file systems are broadly accessible from Linux, Windows, and macOS compute instances and containers using the industry-standard NFS protocol (v3, v4.0, v4.1, v4.2). Powered by AWS Graviton processors and the latest AWS disk and networking technologies (including AWS Scalable Reliable Datagram networking and the AWS Nitro system), Amazon FSx for OpenZFS delivers up to 1 million IOPS with latencies of hundreds of microseconds. With complete support for OpenZFS features like instant point-in-time snapshots and data cloning, FSx for OpenZFS makes it easy for you to replace your on-premises file servers with AWS storage that provides familiar file system capabilities and eliminates the need to perform lengthy qualifications and change or re-architect existing applications or tools. And, by combining the power of OpenZFS data management capabilities with the high performance and cost efficiency of the latest AWS technologies, FSx for OpenZFS enables you to build and run high-performance, data-intensive applications.
As a fully managed service, Amazon FSx for OpenZFS makes it easy to launch, run, and scale fully managed file systems on AWS that replace the file servers you run on premises while helping to provide better agility and lower costs. With Amazon FSx for OpenZFS, you no longer have to worry about setting up and provisioning file servers and storage volumes, replicating data, installing and patching file server software, detecting and addressing hardware failures, and manually performing backups. It also provides rich integration with other AWS services, such as AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS), Amazon CloudWatch, and AWS CloudTrail.
Amazon FSx provides you with two file systems to choose from: Amazon FSx for Windows File Server for Windows-based
applications and Amazon FSx for Lustre for compute-intensive workloads.
To learn more, see Amazon FSx
Amazon FSx OpenZFS in AWS Managed Services FAQs
Q: How do I request access to Amazon FSx OpenZFS in my AMS account?
Request access to Amazon FSx OpenZFS by submitting an RFC with the Management | AWS service | Self-provisioned service | Add (ct-1w8z66n899dct) change type.
This RFC provisions the following IAM role to your account: customer_fsx_ontap_admin_role. After it's provisioned in your
account, you must onboard the role in your federation solution.
Q: What are the restrictions to using Amazon FSx OpenZFS in my AMS account?
Replacing the security group on the Amazon FSx elastic network interfaces (ENIs) requires you to submit Management | Other | Other | Update RFCs since security groups are a critical perimeter for the AMS environment. That is the only restriction.
Q: What are the prerequisites or dependencies to using Amazon FSx OpenZFS in my AMS account?
There are no prerequisites. However, you must have Amazon FSx (AMS SSPS) installed.
