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# FSx

Amazon FSx for Windows File Server provides a fully managed native Microsoft Windows file system so you can easily move your Windows-based applications that require file storage to AWS. Amazon FSx is built on Windows Server.

* Managed Windows Server that runs Windows Server Message Block (SMB)-based file services.
* Designed for Windows and Windows applications.
* Supports Active Directory users, access control lists, groups and security policies, along with Distributed File System (DFS) namespaces and replication.

Amazon FSx for Lustre is a fully managed file system that is optimized for compute-intensive workloads, such as high-performance computing, machine learning, media data processing workflows, and electronic design automations (EDA). With Amazon FSx, you can launch and run a Lustre file system that can process massive data sets at up to hundreds of gigabytes per second of throughput, millions of IOPS, and submillisecond latencies.