Exam AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner topic 1 question 308 discussion

C. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server Amazon FSx for Windows File Server is a fully managed, highly reliable, and scalable file storage service that is accessible over the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. It provides fully managed, highly reliable, and scalable file storage that is accessible over the SMB protocol. It is designed to work with the Microsoft Windows operating system and it supports the SMB protocol which allows to access the file storage from Windows servers and clients. Amazon S3 is an object storage service that is accessible via web protocols, Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) is a shared file storage service that is accessible via the NFS protocol and Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) is a block storage service that is accessible via the iSCSI protocol. While these services can be useful in certain scenarios, they are not the best option for file storage that is accessible over the SMB protocol.

is this part of cloud practitioner curriculum ?

Amazon FSx for Windows File Server is a fully managed service that provides highly reliable and scalable file storage accessible over the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. It is designed to support Windows-based applications and workloads, and it allows you to create fully managed Windows file systems in the AWS Cloud. This service takes care of the underlying infrastructure and storage management, providing a scalable and highly available solution for file storage needs.

Answer is correct, C. https://aws.amazon.com/fsx/windows/

https://aws.amazon.com/fsx/windows/faqs/ "Amazon FSx for Windows File Server provides fully managed, highly reliable, and scalable file storage that is accessible over the industry-standard Service Message Block (SMB) protocol. It is built on Windows Server, delivering a wide range of administrative features such as user quotas, end-user file restore, and Microsoft Active Directory (AD) integration."

C. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server is the AWS service that meets the requirements of fully managed, highly reliable, and scalable file storage that is accessible over the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server provides fully managed, highly reliable, and scalable file storage that is accessible over the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, which is commonly used with Microsoft Windows operating systems. With Amazon FSx, you can create and manage highly available Windows file shares that can be accessed by multiple Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances simultaneously.

C is the answer.

What is Amazon FSx? Cloud storage solution that helps businesses store, manage and access files based on server message block (SMB) protocols.

https://www.amazonaws.cn/en/fsx/windows/ The description for FSx from the above link is identical to this question. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server provides fully managed, highly reliable, and scalable file storage that is accessible over the industry-standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.

C is correct

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/06/aws-storage-gateway-adds-smb-support-to-store-objects-in-amazon-s3/

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/06/aws-storage-gateway-adds-smb-support-to-store-objects-in-amazon-s3/

According to Case Guide should be C (https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/epiq/)

Fsx for windows also supports smb, so are there two correct answers?

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/filegateway/latest/files3/CreatingAnSMBFileShare.html