In this session, we explore the new fully managed service that makes it easy to launch and use shared file storage for Windows applications. FSx for Windows provides fully managed file storage built on Microsoft Windows Server, providing native support for Windows file system features and for the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. Learn about Amazon FSx for Windows File Server features and benefits, and details about its performance and security models. The target audience is storage administrators, application developers, and applications owners and infrastructure operations personnel who build or operate file-based Windows applications or NAS.

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Amazon
for Windows File Server
S T G 3 2 2
Edward Naim
General Manager
Amazon FSx
Darryl Osborne
Solutions Architect
Amazon FSx
Prashanth Bungale
Product Manager
Amazon FSx

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Agenda
AWS storage overview
Running Windows applications on AWS
Introducing Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
FSx for Windows File Server in action
Summary and Q&A

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More Choice – Best Fit
Amazon EFS
AWS Storage
Gateway Family
Amazon S3
NEW!
Amazon FSx for
Lustre
Amazon FSx for
Windows File
Server
Amazon EBS
Amazon EC2
NEW!
Data movement
OnlineOffline
AWS Snow family
AWS Storage
Gateway Family
AWS Direct Connect
Amazon EFS File Sync
Amazon S3
Transfer Acceleration
Storage Partners
Amazon Kinesis
Data Streams
Amazon Kinesis
Video Streams
NEW! DEVICES

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Why network file storage?
Files and directories appear and work just as they would on local storage
Multiple users, computers, and applications have access to the same set of
files
High levels of throughput and IOPS
(to serve multiple users, computers, and applications)
with near-local latencies
Existing applications and IT environments work

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According to IDC, almost 2/3 of Windows instances runningon publiccloud run
on AWS
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IDC, Windows Server Operating Environment Market Update, Doc # US44217118, Aug 2018
30.9%
11.4%
Worldwide Windows Public Cloud IaaS Instances
by Cloud Provider, 2017
Azure
https://d1.awsstatic.com/analyst-reports/IDC_Slide_WindowsonAWS_JM181015.pdf

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Managing Windows file servers on-premises is a challenge …
Managing hardware
Procuring and purchasing hardware
Setting up storage servers and volumes
Detecting and addressing hardware failures
Investing CapEx
Managing software

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Managing Windows file servers on AWS is better
Managing hardware Managing software

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What could make it even better?

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What if?
Managing hardware Managing software

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Our goal: Deliver the best solution for the lift
and shift of your Windows storage to the cloud
100% Windows application compatibility
Performance your applications need
Enterprise-ready

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Why do these things matter?

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What we delivered…

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What we delivered…
Integrated with
AWS
Fully managed Windows file
systems …
… built on Windows Server

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Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server

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Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
Lift and shift your Windows file storage with fully managed Windows file servers
Fully managed
Fast and flexible
performance
Native Windows
compatibility
Broad accessibility
Enterprise-ready

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Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
Lift and shift your Windows file storage with fully managed windows file servers
Fast and flexible
performance
Native Windows
compatibility
Enterprise-ready
Fully managedBroad accessibility

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Native Windows compatibility and features
Native Windows
compatibility
DFS Namespaces
and
DFS Replication
Integrates with
Microsoft AD and
supports
Windows ACLs
AD
NTFS
Windows Server
Native SMB
2.0 to 3.1.1
SMB

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Fast and flexible performance
Fast and flexible
performance
High
IOPS
High
throughput
Built on SSD
storage
Consistent
sub-millisecond latencies
Choose throughput
independent of storage

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Fast and flexible performance
Choosethroughput levelindependent ofstorage
Sustained (MBps) 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1,024 2,048
Burst (MBps) 192 192 192 256 438 438 - - -

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Enterprise-ready: Highly available and highly durable
Highly available
and durable
Supports Multi AZ
deployments using
DFS Namespaces and
DFS Replication
Backups are
stored in Amazon
S3
Replicates
data within
Availability Zone
Continually
monitors and
addresses
hardware failures

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Enterprise ready: Secure and compliant
Secure and
Compliant
Network traffic access
control using Amazon
VPC security groups
Integrates with
AD and supports
Windows ACLs
Data encrypted
at-rest and
in-transit
PCI-DSS + ISO- compliant
and HIPAA eligible
Monitor and log
API calls using
AWS CloudTrail
Admin API
access control
using AWS IAM

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Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
Lift and shift your Windows file storage with fully managed windows file servers
Fast and flexible
performance
Native Windows
compatibility
Enterprise-ready
Fully managedBroad accessibility

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Broad accessibility: What’s supported?
Broad
accessibility
Linux
(Samba client)
Windows 7+Microsoft Windows
Server 2008+
Amazon
AppStream 2.0
Amazon
WorkSpaces
VMware Cloud
on AWS
Amazon
EC2
Windows Server
SMB
2.0–3.1.1

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Fully managed
Fully managed Automatically takes and
manages backups
Keeps Windows
software updated
Provisions, sets up,
and manages file servers
and storage volumes

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Supports a wide spectrum of use cases
AnalyticsSoftware development
environments
Home
directories
Web serving and
content management
Media
workflows
Line-of-business
applications

29. “We’re committed to rapidlymodernizingour applications
and minimizingour data center infrastructure.
No other cloud file storage offering provides the full Windows compatibility
and performanceof Amazon FSx for Windows File Server.Amazon FSx is a
game changer.”
Mark Gogel
AVP of Core Technology Services

30. “With Amazon FSx for Windows File Server,we have a managed solution
that eliminates the need for us to manage the tasks associated with
operating file storage, includingperformingbackups and applying
software patches.
This allows us to focus on our core business ‒ deliveringgreat business
software to our customers.”
Greg Bell
Principal Storage Operations Administrator

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Amazon FSx for Windows File Server pricing
Storage capacity: $0.130 per GB-month
Throughput capacity: $2.200 per MBps-month
Backup pricing: $0.050 per GB-month

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Example TCO
1024 GB-months x $0.130/GB-month = $133/mo
8 MBps-months x $2.200/MBps-month = $18/mo
Total: $151/mo ($0.147/GB-mo)
+ 500 GB-months x $0.050/GB-month = $25/mo
Total: $176 ($0.172/GB-mo)
1024 GB of storage
8 MBps of baseline tput
+ 500 GB of backup

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Amazon FSx for Windows File Server availability
US West (Oregon)
US East (N. Virginia)
US East (Ohio)
EU (Ireland)

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Fullymanaged third-party filesystems
Native
compatibility,
features,
performance
Cost-optimizedSimple and
fully managed
AWS integrations
Amazon

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Create file system: Demo

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Architecture
Region
VPC
Availability zone A
Subnet 1
Instances
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-0123456789.example.comshare
Elastic network
interface

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Architecture
Region
VPC
Availability zone A
Subnet 1
Instances
Availability zone B
Subnet 2
Instances
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-0123456789.example.comshare
Elastic network
interface

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Multi-AZ architecture
Region
VPC
Availability zone A
Subnet 1
Instances
Availability zone B
Subnet 2
Instances
DFS Replication
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-0123456789.example.comshare
Elastic network
interface
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-9876543210.example.comshare
Elastic network
interface

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Multi-AZ architecture
Region
VPC
Availability zone A
Subnet 1
Instances
Availability zone B
Subnet 2
Instances
DFS Replication
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-0123456789.example.comshare
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-9876543210.example.comshare

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Organizing large amounts of data
• FSx supports the use of Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) Namespaces
• Use DFSn for file system consolidation under a single namespace
Users no longer need to access each FSx for Windows
file system using its DNS name, which comprised of the
file system id and domain name. Instead, users use
domain names and namespaces to gain access to file
shares.
domain.namenamespace
share_1
share_2
share_3

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Organizing large amounts of data
Region
VPC
Availability zone X
Subnet n
Availability zone A
Subnet 1
example.comcorp
share
Instances
Availability zone B
sales
data
fs-0123456789.example.comsales
Namespace Server
1
Subnet 2
Namespace Server
2
Up to 50,000 shares and 3
EiB per namespace
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-0123456789.example.comshare
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-9876543210.example.comdata

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Scale-out read performance using read-replicas
• FSx supports the use of Microsoft’s Distributed File System (DFS) Replication
• Use DFSr to scale out read performance across multiple file systems
This allows read-heavy applications like HPC
workloads, data analytics, video transcoding,
machine learning, artificial intelligence, etc., to
scale out across multiple file systems and achieve
higher read performance then what’s available
from a single file system.
FS_1share
FS_2share
FS_3share
FS_3share

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Scale-out read performance using read-replicas
Region
VPC
Instances
Availability zone X
Subnet n
DFS Replication
Instances
Instances
DFS Replication
Read
Write
3x read
performance
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-0123456789.example.comshare
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-9876543210.example.comdata
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-5678901234.example.comshare

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Scale-out performance using data sharding
• Use DFSn to increase performance of heavy read and write workloads by
sharding data across multiple file systems
By dividing your data into smaller data sets
or ‘shards’ and storing them across
different file systems, applications
accessing your data from multiple
instances can achieve high levels of
performance by reading and writing to
these shards in parallel.
domain.namenamespace
A-F
G-M
N-Z
FS_1share
FS_2share
FS_3share

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Scale-out performance using data sharding
Region
VPC
Availability zone X
Subnet n
A-F
Instances
G-M
N-Z
example.comcorp
Availability zone B
Subnet 2
Namespace Server
2
3x read/write
performance
Availability zone A
Subnet 1
Namespace Server
1
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-0123456789.example.comA-F
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-9876543210.example.comG-M
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-5678901234.example.comN-Z

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Backups
Region
Daily automated backup
User-defined retention period: 0 to 35 days
User-defined daily schedule
User-initiated backup
User-managed retention
Backup as often as you want
Amazon S3
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-0123456789.example.com

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Performance: Throughput with caching
Region
VPC
Availability zone A
Subnet 1
Instances
Memory SSD Storage
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-0123456789.example.comshare

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Performance: SMB multi-channel
Region
VPC
Availability zone A
Subnet 1
Instances
CPU
CPU
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-0123456789.example.comshare

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Migration of existing files
Region
VPC
Availability zone A
Subnet 1
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-0123456789.example.comshare
On-Premise
File server
sourceshare
ROBOCOPY
Instances
VPN
Connection
Or

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Performance: Demo
Region
VPC
Availability zone A
Subnet 1
Instance 1
Amazon FSx
for Windows File Server
fs-0123456789.example.comshare
Instance 2
Elastic network
interface
1024 GB storage capacity
128 MB/s throughput capacity

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Learn more at: aws.amazon.com/fsx/windows
Video
Feature blogs
Whitepapers
Ref architectures
Documentation

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Learn from experienced partners

54. Thank you!
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Edward Naim
General Manager
Amazon FSx
edwanaim@amazon.com
Darryl S. Osborne
Solutions Architect
Amazon FSx
darrylo@amazon.com
Prashanth Bungale
Product Manager
Amazon FSx
bungale@amazon.com

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