Amazon FSx for Windows File Server is an FSx solution that offers a

scalable and shared file storage system on the Microsoft Windows server.

● Using the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol with Amazon FSx Can

access file storage systems from multiple windows servers.

● It offers to choose from HDD and SSD storage, offers high throughput, and

IOPS with sub-millisecond latencies for Windows workloads.

● Using SMB protocol, Amazon FSx can connect file systems to Amazon EC2,

Amazon ECS, Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon AppStream 2.0 instances, and

on-premises servers using AWS Direct Connect or AWS VPN.

● It provides high availability (Multi-AZ deployments) with an active and

standby file server in separate AZs.

● It automatically and synchronously replicates data in the standby Availability

Zone (AZ) to manage failover.

● Using AWS DataSync with Amazon FSx helps to migrate self-managed file

systems to Windows storage systems.

● It offers identity-based authentication using Microsoft Active Directory (AD).

● It automatically encrypts data at rest with the help of AWS Key Management

Service (AWS KMS). It uses SMB Kerberos session keys to encrypt data in

transit.