Document history for the Amazon FSx File Gateway User Guide

Added option to turn maintenance updates on or off

Storage Gateway receives regular maintenance updates that can include operating system and software upgrades, fixes to address stability, performance, and security, and access to new features. You can now configure a setting to turn these updates on or off for each individual gateway in your deployment. For more information, see Managing gateway updates using the Amazon Storage Gateway console.

June 6, 2024

Updated recommended CloudWatch alarms

The CloudWatch HealthNotifications alarm now applies to and is recommended for all gateway types and host platforms. Recommended configuration settings have also been updated for HealthNotifications and AvailabilityNotifications. For more information see Understanding CloudWatch alarms.

October 2, 2023

Added GatewayClockOutOfSync troubleshooting tips

The Troubleshooting: File Gateway issues section now includes troubleshooting guidelines to help diagnose problems you may encounter if your gateway system clock is not synchronized with the Amazon Storage Gateway server time. For more information, see Error: GatewayClockOutOfSync.

October 19, 2022

Added Active Directory Join Domain troubleshooting tips

The Troubleshooting: File Gateway issues section now includes troubleshooting guidelines to help diagnose problems you may encounter when trying to join your gateway to an Active Directory domain. For more information, see Troubleshooting: Active Directory domain issues.

October 19, 2022

Updated gateway creation procedures

The procedure for creating a new gateway has been updated to reflect changes in the Storage Gateway console. For more information, see Create and activate an Amazon S3 File Gateway.

October 12, 2021

Multiple file system support

Amazon FSx File Gateway now supports up to five attached Amazon FSx file systems. For more information, see Attach an Amazon FSx for Windows File Server file system.

July 7, 2021

Amazon FSx soft storage quota support

Amazon FSx File Gateway now supports soft storage quotas (which warn you when users surpass their data limits) when writing to attached Amazon FSx file systems where storage quotas are configured. Hard quotas (which enforce data limits by denying write access) are not supported. Soft quotas work for all users except the Amazon FSx admin user. For more information about setting up storage quotas, see Storage quotas in the Amazon FSx for Windows File Server User Guide.

July 7, 2021

New guide

In addition to the original File Gateway (now known as Amazon S3 File Gateway), Storage Gateway provides Amazon FSx File Gateway (FSx File Gateway). FSx File Gateway provides low latency and efficient access to in-cloud FSx for Windows File Server file shares from your on-premises facility. For more information, see What is Amazon FSx File Gateway?

April 27, 2021

FedRAMP compliance

Storage Gateway is now FedRAMP compliant. For more information, see Compliance validation for Storage Gateway.

November 24, 2020

File Gateway migration

File Gateway now provides a documented process for replacing an existing File Gateway with a new File Gateway. For more information, see Replacing a File Gateway with a new File Gateway.

October 30, 2020

File Gateway cold cache read performance 4x increase

Storage Gateway has increased cold cache read performance 4x. For more information, see Performance guidance for File Gateways.

August 31, 2020

Order the hardware appliance through the console

You can now order the hardware appliance through the Amazon Storage Gateway console. For more information, see Using the Amazon Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance.

August 12, 2020

Support for Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) endpoints in new Amazon Regions

You can now activate a gateway with FIPS endpoints in the US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), US West (N. California), US West (Oregon), and Canada (Central) Regions. For more information, see Amazon Storage Gateway endpoints and quotas in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.

July 31, 2020

File Gateway local cache storage 4x increase

Storage Gateway now supports a local cache of up to 64 TB for File Gateway, improving performance for on-premises applications by providing low-latency access to larger working datasets. For more information, see Recommended local disk sizes for your gateway in the Storage Gateway User Guide.

July 7, 2020

View Amazon CloudWatch alarms in the Storage Gateway console

You can now view CloudWatch alarms in the Storage Gateway console. For more information, see Understanding CloudWatch alarms.

May 29, 2020

Support for Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) endpoints

You can now activate a gateway with FIPS endpoints in the Amazon GovCloud (US) Regions. To choose a FIPS endpoint for a File Gateway, see Choosing a service endpoint.

May 22, 2020

New Amazon Regions

Storage Gateway is now available in the Africa (Cape Town) and Europe (Milan) Regions. For more information, see Amazon Storage Gateway endpoints and quotas in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.

May 7, 2020

Support for S3 Intelligent-Tiering storage class

Storage Gateway now supports S3 Intelligent-Tiering storage class. The S3 Intelligent-Tiering storage class optimizes storage costs by automatically moving data to the most cost-effective storage access tier, without performance impact or operational overhead. For more information, see Storage class for automatically optimizing frequently and infrequently accessed objects in the Amazon Simple Storage Service User Guide.

April 30, 2020

New Amazon Region

Storage Gateway is now available in the Amazon GovCloud (US-East) Region. For more information, see Amazon Storage Gateway Endpoints and Quotas in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.

March 12, 2020

Support for Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor

Storage Gateway now provides the ability to deploy an on-premises gateway on the KVM virtualization platform. Gateways deployed on KVM have all the same functionality and features as the existing on-premises gateways. For more information, see Supported Hypervisors and Host Requirements in the Storage Gateway User Guide.

February 4, 2020

Support for VMware vSphere High Availability

Storage Gateway now provides support for high availability on VMware to help protect storage workloads against hardware, hypervisor, or network failures. For more information, see Using VMware vSphere High Availability with Storage Gateway in the Storage Gateway User Guide. This release also includes performance improvements. For more information, see Performance in the Storage Gateway User Guide.

November 20, 2019

Support for Amazon CloudWatch Logs

You can now configure File Gateways with Amazon CloudWatch Log Groups to get notified about errors and the health of your gateway and its resources. For more information, see Getting Notified About Gateway Health and Errors With Amazon CloudWatch Log Groups in the Storage Gateway User Guide.

September 4, 2019

New Amazon Web Services Region

Storage Gateway is now available in the Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region. For more information, see Amazon Storage Gateway Endpoints and Quotas in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.

August 14, 2019

New Amazon Web Services Region

Storage Gateway is now available in the Middle East (Bahrain) Region. For more information, see Amazon Storage Gateway Endpoints and Quotas in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.

July 29, 2019

Support for activating a gateway in a virtual private cloud (VPC)

You can now activate a gateway in a VPC. You can create a private connection between your on-premises software appliance and cloud-based storage infrastructure. For more information, see Activating a Gateway in a Virtual Private Cloud.

June 20, 2019

File Gateway support for tag-based authorization

File Gateway now supports tag-based authorization. You can control access to File Gateway resources based on the tags on those resources. You can also control access based on the tags that can be passed in an IAM request condition. For more information, see Controlling Access to File Gateway Resources.

March 4, 2019

Availability of Amazon Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance in Europe

The Amazon Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance is now available in Europe. For more information, see Amazon Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance Regions in the Amazon Web Services General Reference. In addition, you can now increase the useable storage on the Amazon Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance from 5 TB to 12 TB and replace the installed copper network card with a 10-gigabit fiber optic network card. For more information, see Setting Up Your Hardware Appliance.

February 25, 2019

Support for Amazon Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance

The Amazon Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance includes Storage Gateway software preinstalled on a third-party server. You can manage the appliance from the Amazon Web Services Management Console. The appliance can host file, tape, and Volume Gateways. For more information, see Using the Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance.

September 18, 2018

New Amazon Web Services Region

Tape Gateway is now available in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region. For detailed information, see Amazon Web Services Regions that support Storage Gateway.

April 3, 2018

New Amazon Web Services Region

Storage Gateway is now available in the Europe (Paris) Region. For detailed information, see Amazon Web Services Regions that support Storage Gateway.

December 18, 2017

Support for VMware ESXi Hypervisor version 6.5

Amazon Storage Gateway now supports VMware ESXi Hypervisor version 6.5. This is in addition to version 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0. For more information, see Supported hypervisors and host requirements.

September 13, 2017

File Gateway support for Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor

You can now deploy a File Gateway on a Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor. For information, see Supported hypervisors and host requirements.

June 22, 2017

New Amazon Web Services Region

Storage Gateway is now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region. For detailed information, see Amazon Web Services Regions that support Storage Gateway.

May 02, 2017

Support for File Gateways on Amazon EC2

Amazon Storage Gateway now provides the ability to deploy a File Gateway in Amazon EC2. You can launch a File Gateway in Amazon EC2 using the Storage Gateway Amazon Machine Image (AMI) now available as a community AMI. For information about how to create a File Gateway and deploy it on an EC2 instance, see Create and activate an Amazon FSx File Gateway. For information about how to launch a File Gateway AMI, see Deploy a customized Amazon EC2 host for FSx File Gateway.

In addition, File Gateway now supports HTTP proxy configuration. For more information, see Routing your gateway deployed on Amazon EC2 through an HTTP proxy.

February 08, 2017

New Amazon Web Services Region

Storage Gateway is now available in the Europe (London) Region. For detailed information, see Amazon Web Services Regions that support Storage Gateway.

December 13, 2016

New Amazon Web Services Region

Storage Gateway is now available in the Canada (Central) Region. For detailed information, see Amazon Web Services Regions that support Storage Gateway.

December 08, 2016

Support for File Gateway

In addition to Volume Gateways and Tape Gateway, Storage Gateway now provides File Gateway. File Gateway combines a service and virtual software appliance, allowing you to store and retrieve objects in Amazon S3 using industry-standard file protocols such as Network File System (NFS). The gateway provides access to objects in Amazon S3 as files on an NFS mount point.

November 29, 2016