AWS EFS Capabilities and Cost Analysis

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2024-12-04 17:30:12

hen it comes to AWS storage services, choosing the right option can often be confusing, especially with the wide range of options available—S3, EBS, and EFS being the most prominent. In this post, we’ll dive into Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) and examine various strategies for optimizing costs effectively. But before we dive into EFS, let’s look at the different storage solutions AWS provides and how they compare.

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is a highly scalable, object-based storage solution designed for applications that need infinite storage without worrying about downtime. It’s highly flexible for storing data as objects, but it doesn't support traditional file system operations like appending to files. Developers interact with S3 by uploading (PUT) or retrieving (GET) objects, making it straightforward for cloud-native applications.

While you can use versioning to simulate appending in S3, it can quickly become costly since every version of the file is stored.