Amazon Elastic File System Now Supports 512 Locks per File

Posted on: Nov 1, 2018

Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) now supports 512 locks per file.

The new limit is an increase from 87 locks per file and is available in all regions for new and existing file systems.

The 512-lock limit allows applications to use additional locks enabling higher levels of concurrency and increased performance.

Amazon EFS provides simple, scalable, elastic file storage for use with AWS Cloud services and on-premises resources. For more information, please visit the Amazon EFS product page.