Amazon FSx for Lustre
By Amazon Web Services (AWS) · aws.amazon.com
Spec sheet
- Product
- Amazon FSx for Lustre is a fully managed, scalable high-performance file storage service for compute-intensive workloads.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Security
- All file systems are encrypted at rest; in-transit encryption is available in select regions, and VPC security groups can control network access.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Compliance
- AWS says Amazon FSx meets PCI DSS, ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, and SOC 1, 2, and 3 standards, and is HIPAA eligible.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Founded
- 2006Read 7 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Company
- AWS says Amazon Web Services launched in 2006 and is part of Amazon.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Access methods
- With an AWS account, users can create a file system through the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or Amazon FSx API and SDKs.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Client platforms
- The service is compatible with Linux-based AMIs including Amazon Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, SUSE Linux, and Ubuntu; clients mount the file system using standard Linux commands.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Compression and quotas
- The service supports LZ4 data compression and user- and group-level storage quotas.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Compute integrations
- AWS lists integrations with Amazon EC2, Amazon EKS, Amazon SageMaker, AWS Batch, and AWS ParallelCluster.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Deployment options
- Scratch file systems suit temporary processing and do not replicate data, while persistent file systems replicate data and replace failed file servers.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Performance
- AWS states that it offers up to 1200 Gbps per-client throughput with Elastic Fabric Adapter and NVIDIA GPUDirect Storage, millions of IOPS, and sub-millisecond latencies.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Pricing model
- AWS says there are no minimum fees or setup charges, and usage is prorated by the second.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- S3 integration
- Linked S3 objects are presented as files, and FSx for Lustre can synchronize file system changes back to the linked bucket.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Storage classes
- AWS offers SSD storage for consistently low latency across the dataset and Intelligent-Tiering with automatic tiering and optional SSD read caching.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Storage pricing
- AWS says Intelligent-Tiering starts at less than $0.005 per GB-month and automatically tiers data across Frequent Access, Infrequent Access, and Archive tiers.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Use cases
- AWS identifies machine learning, HPC, video processing, financial modeling, genome sequencing, and electronic design automation as use cases.Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Plans and prices
Intelligent-Tiering (elastic) storage class Price not published Monthly pricing, prorated by the second; billed for average usage over a month. Frequent, Infrequent, and Archive Instant Access storage · monitoring and automation · optional SSD read cache · data access requests · throughput capacity · metadata IOPS Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
SSD or HDD (provisioned) storage class Price not published Monthly pricing, prorated by the second; billed for average usage over a month. Storage provisioned · optional metadata IOPS · backups · data transfer Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Where Specifiction places it
- Distributed File System Software#10 of 327.9
