Reduce Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) costs with these tips
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Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) cost saving tips
Optimize your Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) costs with these tips
Monitor EFS Usage
Use CloudWatch metrics to track EFS file system usage. Right-size your file systems to fit your actual storage needs. Delete or resize any overprovisioned file systems.
Delete Unused EFS
Remove any EFS file systems that are no longer needed. Be sure to delete file systems that have been deprovisioned from your application environments.
Leverage AWS Tagging
Use AWS tagging to track EFS file system costs by application, environment, or other attributes. Regularly review tags and billing reports to identify unnecessary file systems for optimization.
Service information & pricing
About Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
- About Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
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Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) is a serverless, elastic file storage service allowing users to create shared file systems for AWS services without provisioning or maintenance. It scales dynamically as files are added or removed. EFS can reach petabytes of storage and gigabytes of throughput. It offers cost-optimized storage and secure file access. It simplifies DevOps, enhances content management, and accelerates data science workloads.
- Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) pricing
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Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) provides serverless file storage, charging only for used primary, backup storage, and tiering activity. There are no minimum or setup fees. EFS has three storage classes with varied pricing, starting at $0.0315/GB, offering performance up to tens of GB/s and hundreds of thousands of IOPS. It includes data protection with backup and replication. AWS displays pricing for various storage and data access options.