DFS and AWS Directory Service

Question

On the following thread, it says that AWS Directory Service (Microsoft AD) can be used for DFS Replication.  
  
https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=244580  
  
Nowhere in the documentation does this get mentioned for FSx. Can we use it for FSx, or must be have a Windows server for this purpose?  
  
Thanks,  
Paul.

Answer

Hi asdflkjh,  
  
Yes, Amazon FSx fully supports the use of DFS Replication and DFS Namespaces with your file systems. We include a guide in our documentation for setting up multi-AZ file system deployments using DFS Replication and DFS Namespaces (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/fsx/latest/WindowsGuide/multi-az-deployments.html). We also include guides in our documentation for scaling out performance (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/fsx/latest/WindowsGuide/scale-out-performance.html and https://docs.aws.amazon.com/fsx/latest/WindowsGuide/scale-out-read.html), and for grouping multiple file systems into a common namespace (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/fsx/latest/WindowsGuide/group-file-systems.html).  
  
Thank you,  
Amazon FSx team

DFS and AWS Directory Service

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