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Transferring data in and out of Amazon EFS

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Transferring data in and out of Amazon EFS - Amazon Elastic File System

You can use AWS DataSync and AWS Transfer Family to transfer data in and out of your Amazon EFS file systems. AWS DataSync is an online data transfer service that can copy data between Network File System (NFS), Server Message Block (SMB) file servers, self-managed object storage, and also between AWS services. For more information about using DataSync with Amazon EFS, see Using AWS DataSync to transfer data.

AWS Transfer Family is a fully managed AWS service that you can use to transfer files into and out of Amazon EFS file systems over the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and FTP over Secure Sockets Layer (FTPS) protocol. Using Transfer Family, you can provide your business partners access to files stored in your Amazon EFS file systems for use cases such as data distribution, supply chain, content management, and web serving applications. For more information about using Transfer Family with Amazon EFS, see Using AWS Transfer Family to transfer data.

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