Updated on 2022-08-16 GMT+08:00

What Is SFS?

Overview

Scalable File Service (SFS) provides scalable, high-performance NAS file storage. With SFS, you can enjoy shared file access spanning multiple Elastic Cloud Servers (ECSs), Bare Metal Servers (BMSs). See Figure 1.

Figure 1 Accessing SFS

Compared with traditional file sharing storage, SFS has the following advantages:
  • File sharing

    ECSs in multiple availability zones (AZs) of a same region can access the same file system concurrently and share files.

  • Elastic scaling

    Storage can be scaled up or down on demand to dynamically adapt to service changes without interrupting applications. You can complete resizing with a few clicks.

  • Superior performance and reliability

    The service enables file system performance to increase as capacity grows, and delivers a high data durability to support rapid service growth.

  • Seamless integration

    SFS supports Network File System (NFS). With this standard protocol, a broad range of mainstream applications can read and write data in the file system.

  • Easy operation

    In an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI), you can create and manage file systems with ease.