Updating a file system's SSD IOPS - Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

Updating a file system's SSD IOPS

For file systems configured with SSD storage, the level of provisioned SSD IOPS determines the amount of disk I/O available when your file system has to read data from and write data to disk, as opposed to reading or writing data that is in cache. You can update SSD IOPS for a file system using the Amazon FSx console, the AWS CLI, or the Amazon FSx API, as described in the following procedures. For more information about managing SSD IOPS, see Managing SSD IOPS.

  1. Open the Amazon FSx console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/fsx/.

  2. Navigate to File systems and choose the Windows file system that you want to update SSD IOPS for.

  3. Under Actions, choose Update SSD IOPS. Or, in the Summary panel, select the Update button next to Provisioned SSD IOPS. The Update IOPS provisioning window opens.

  4. For Mode, choose Automatic or User-provisioned. If you choose Automatic, Amazon FSx automatically provisions 3 SSD IOPS per GiB of storage capacity for your file system. If you choose User-provisioned, enter any whole number in the range of 96–400,000.

  5. Choose Update to initiate the provisioned SSD IOPS update.

  6. You can monitor the update progress on the File systems detail page, on the Updates tab.

To update SSD IOPS for an FSx for Windows File Server file system, use the --windows-configuration DiskIopsConfiguration property. This property has two parameters, Iops and Mode:

  • If you want to specify the number of SSD IOPS, use Iops=number_of_IOPS, up to a maximum of 400,000 in supported AWS Regions and Mode=USER_PROVISIONED.

  • If you want Amazon FSx to increase your SSD IOPS automatically, use Mode=AUTOMATIC and don't use the Iops parameter. Amazon FSx automatically maintains 3 SSD IOPS per GiB of storage capacity on your file system, up to a maximum of 400,000 in supported AWS Regions.

You can monitor the progress of the update by using the AWS CLI command describe-file-systems. Look for the administrative-actions in the output.

For more information, see AdministrativeAction.