What does Amazon S3 Files do?

Amazon S3 Files makes your Amazon S3 buckets accessible as if they were traditional file systems, allowing you to use standard file operations on your object data with low latency. It bridges the gap between object storage and file system access.

Will this replace traditional file systems?

Not necessarily. It offers file system access to data *in S3*. For workloads that heavily rely on local disk performance or specific file system features not well-suited to object storage translation, traditional file systems will likely remain the preferred choice.

Is this the same as Amazon EFS?

S3 Files uses Amazon EFS under the hood to provide high-performance file system access to S3 data. However, S3 Files is specifically designed to present S3 buckets as file systems, whereas EFS is a general-purpose managed file storage service for AWS cloud.

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Amazon S3 Files allows S3 buckets to be accessed as file systems, blending object and file storage capabilities. 𝕏
The service aims to eliminate the trade-off between S3's cost-effectiveness/durability and file system interactivity. 𝕏
It's positioned for AI/ML and interactive workloads, potentially creating new revenue streams for AWS by charging for enhanced access and performance layers. 𝕏

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