With a scale-out file system, you can move data to the Amazon S3 cloud using a tiering mechanism. The cloud as tier feature is best used for moving infrequently accessed data to the cloud.
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Do not attempt transactional workloads on the files that have been moved to the cloud. |
The following operations are supported for scale-out file systems:
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Active/Passive access
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Grow or shrink the size of a scale-out file system
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NFS protocol support
The following operations are not supported for scale-out file systems:
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Write operations and truncation of files are not supported for the files that are stored on the cloud tier. If you want to modify the files on the cloud tier, bring the files on-premises first.
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You cannot use the CIFS and S3 protocols with a scale-out file system.
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Not all of the storage commands are supported for scale-out file systems.