Boosting Unreal Engine Performance with Amazon FSx for OpenZFS as a Shared Derived Data Cache
AWS for Games Blog
This article discusses how to set up Amazon FSx for OpenZFS as a shared Derived Data Cache (DDC) for Unreal Engine game development projects, to improve performance and efficiency in collaborative development environments.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Benefits of using a shared DDC for Unreal Engine projects
- Features and advantages of Amazon FSx for OpenZFS for DDC
- Step-by-step instructions to set up Amazon FSx for OpenZFS as the DDC
- Configuring network access and mounting the file system
- Setting up Unreal Engine Editor preferences to use the shared DDC
- Validating the setup and populating the DDC
- Cleanup process after project completion
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