FSx for Windows File Server versus S3
Learn how FSx for Windows File Server differs from S3.
| FSx for Windows File Server | S3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | NAS | Web Service |
| Interface | SMB | REST API |
| Accessibility | EC2, On-Premises | Anywhere |
| Latency | Medium | High |
| Throughput | Hundreds of GB/s | Very High |
| Durability | Unspecified (probably >99.8%) | 99.999999999% |
| Availability | 99.9% | 99.99% |
| Replication | Multi-AZ (optional) | Multi-AZ (default), Multi-Region (optional) |
| Backups/Snapshots | Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) | n/a |
| Storage Costs (GB/month) | $0.23 | $0.023 |