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A company is migrating a legacy application from an on-premises data center to Amazon EC2 instances. The application consists of both Linux and Windows servers that must concurrently access a shared file system. The application requires support for both NFS and SMB protocols, along with block-level storage access via iSCSI. The storage solution must deliver sub-millisecond latency and support thin provisioning to optimize storage usage. Which combination of actions should a solutions architect take to meet these requirements? (Select TWO.)

  1. Create an Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP file system.Answer
  2. Mount the file system using NFS for the Linux instances, SMB for the Windows instances, and configure iSCSI logical unit numbers (LUNs) for block storage.Answer
  3. C
    Create an Amazon EFS file system and mount it on both the Linux and Windows instances using native EFS clients.
  4. D
    Create an Amazon FSx for Windows File Server file system and configure it to export NFS shares for the Linux instances.
  5. E
    Create an Amazon EBS volume with Multi-Attach enabled, and attach it to both the Linux and Windows instances simultaneously.

Answer

Create an Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP file system and mount the file system using NFS for the Linux instances, SMB for the Windows instances, and configure iSCSI logical unit numbers (LUNs) for block storage.
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is a fully managed service that supports NFS, SMB, and iSCSI protocols, allowing concurrent access from Linux and Windows instances, as well as block-level storage. It natively supports storage efficiency features like thin provisioning, deduplication, and compression.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the file system requirements.
The file system must support NFS, SMB, and iSCSI protocols, support both Linux and Windows concurrent access, provide sub-millisecond latencies, and support thin provisioning.
This establishes the constraints for selecting the AWS storage service.
2
Evaluate the storage services against the protocols.
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP natively supports NFS, SMB, and iSCSI protocols along with advanced ONTAP features like thin provisioning.
EFS lacks SMB and iSCSI support, while FSx for Windows lacks iSCSI support.
3
Formulate the mounting strategy.
Configure NFS exports for Linux, SMB shares for Windows, and provision iSCSI LUNs for block storage access.
This provides the required multi-protocol connectivity to the shared storage.

Key Concept

Multi-protocol shared storage using Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
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