A company has multiple Microsoft Windows SMB file servers and Linux NFS file servers on-premises and wants to consolidate file sharing in AWS. They need a managed storage service that supports both NFS and SMB, can share between protocols, and provides Availability Zone-level redundancy. Which solution meets these requirements?
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Correct answer: Use Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP for storage. Configure multi-protocol access..
Why this is the answer
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is the correct solution because it natively supports both SMB and NFS protocols, allowing for multi-protocol access to the same data. It also provides high availability and Availability Zone-level redundancy. Creating two Amazon EC2 instances would require managing the file servers yourself and wouldn't offer a consolidated, managed service. Using FSx for NetApp ONTAP for SMB and FSx for Lustre for NFS would involve two separate file systems, not a consolidated solution with shared data. Amazon S3 File Gateway provides SMB
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