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Amazon FSx in Amazon Web Services in China - Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China
Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Amazon FSx in Amazon Web Services in China

Amazon FSx provides fully managed third-party file systems with the native compatibility and feature sets for workloads such as Microsoft Windows–based storage, high-performance computing, machine learning, and electronic design automation. Amazon FSx supports three file system types: FSx for Lustre, FSx for ONTAP and FSx for Windows File Server.

Region availability

Amazon FSx is available in the following regions in China:

  • Beijing Region

  • Ningxia Region

How Amazon FSx differs

The following differences apply to Amazon FSx:

  • For Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, the Multi-AZ file system deployment type is not available in the China (Beijing) region.

  • For Amazon FSx for Lustre, the Scratch 1 and Scratch 2 file system deployment types are not available.

  • For Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, the following features are not available:

    • Nitro-based encryption in transit

    • Second-generation file systems

    • Accelerated data tiering

    • Non-Volatile Memory Express over TCP (NVMe/TCP)

    • Reading data from a volume while it is being restored from a backup

  • For Amazon FSx for OpenZFS, the following features aren’t available:

    • Single-AZ 2 and Single-AZ (HA) file system deployment types

    • Amazon S3 access points

Documentation