Direct Supply bolsters availability migrating to Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
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The article discusses Direct Supply's migration of their on-premises file servers to Amazon FSx for Windows File Server on AWS.
Specifically, the article covers:
- The reasons for choosing FSx for Windows File Server, including cost savings, high availability, and reduced operational overhead
- Using AWS DataSync to migrate around 40 TB of file data from on-premises to FSx for Windows File Server
- Lessons learned during the migration process, such as performance considerations, data deduplication and compression, and handling access control lists
- The significant cost savings achieved by migrating to the fully-managed FSx for Windows File Server service
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