Question 470
Which service-to-requirement explanation best fits this situation: An application fleet needs a shared elastic NFS file store without managing its own file server?
Explanation
Correct Answer
EFS is a managed elastic shared file system using NFS for Linux-compatible workloads. This fits the situation: An application fleet needs a shared elastic NFS file store without managing its own file server.
Incorrect Answers
Amazon EBS: EBS provides persistent block volumes for supported EC2 instance attachments. This does not address the need for An application fleet needs a shared elastic NFS file store without managing its own file server. The appropriate Amazon EFS applies because EFS is a managed elastic shared file system using NFS for Linux-compatible workloads.
Amazon S3 stores objects in buckets via object APIs. This does not address the need for An application fleet needs a shared elastic NFS file store without managing its own file server. The appropriate Amazon EFS applies because EFS is a managed elastic shared file system using NFS for Linux-compatible workloads.
Amazon FSx for Windows File Server: FSx for Windows File Server provides managed Windows-native file sharing over SMB. This does not address the need for An application fleet needs a shared elastic NFS file store without managing its own file server. The appropriate Amazon EFS applies because EFS is a managed elastic shared file system using NFS for Linux-compatible workloads.