EBS vs EFS with EKS

Question

Which one I can used with windows instance and which one I can used with Linux instance.

Does FSx better option for the windows instance and what about the cost comparing with EBS because I believe EFS isn't working with window instance.

Thank you

Answer

Hi,

The Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver allows Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) clusters to manage the lifecycle of Amazon EBS volumes for persistent volumes.

Please refer to the user guide: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/ebs-csi.html

Take a look at this blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/modernizing-with-aws/using-smb-csi-driver-on-amazon-eks-windows-nodes/

Also, you can use FSx as a solution for both Linux and Windows nodes using the above information. See also https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/using-amazon-fsx-for-windows-file-server-as-persistent-storage-on-amazon-eks/ for info on connecting Linux nodes to FSx.

Hope this helps.

Answer

It depends on what scenario you are referring to. 
EFS can also fit if you are attaching like logs with large volume of data.
https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/efs-choosing-correct-throughput-mode
Currently, S3 mountpoint comes out and can be utilized and S3FS:
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/the-inside-story-on-mountpoint-for-amazon-s3-a-high-performance-open-source-file-client/

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