How large does a file need to be in order to be transitioned to EFS Infrequent Access?

Question

I've got some small files in an AWS EFS Volume. About 4kb each. I have my EFS Lifecycle management set to "Transition into IA: 1 day(s) since last access". However, I'm not noticing any files transitioned to IA. Is there a size limit on files that are transitioned?

Answer

If you read the link provided by @Jose Guay, you notice that sentence.
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Files smaller than 128 KB aren't eligible for lifecycle management and are always stored in the file system's standard storage class.
```
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/lifecycle-management-efs.html#lifecycle-policy

Answer

Hi there.

I would recommend reviewing your [EFS lifecycle policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/lifecycle-management-efs.html#lifecycle-policy) to determine whether they are configured to transition out the files from IA upon usage. The configuration should say **None**.

I hope this helps.

How large does a file need to be in order to be transitioned to EFS Infrequent Access?

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