
Amazon EFS now offers a new Archive storage class for cost-optimized storage of long-lived, rarely accessed file data, enabling cost savings up to 50% compared to the reduced price of EFS Infrequent Access storage class while maintaining instant access and throughput.


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<p>Amazon has announced a new, cost-effective storage class called EFS Archive for Amazon Elastic File System (EFS). This storage class is optimized for long-lived file data that is accessed infrequently, a few times a year or less.</p>
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<li>EFS Archive offers a cost-effective way to retain cold data while keeping it accessible with the same performance and durability as other EFS storage classes.</li>
<li>The existing EFS Infrequent Access (IA) storage class has received a 36% price reduction, making EFS more cost-effective for a wide range of data sharing use cases.</li>
<li>EFS now supports intelligent tiering across Standard, IA, and Archive storage classes, automatically optimizing costs based on data access patterns.</li>
<li>EFS Archive is available immediately for file systems using the Elastic Throughput mode, in all commercial AWS Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.</li>
<li>Customers can enable Lifecycle Management for EFS Archive using the AWS Management Console, API, or CLI.</li>
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Announcing the new Amazon EFS Archive storage class

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