Posted On: Jan 18, 2024

Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, a service that provides fully managed file storage built on Windows Server, now provides 14% higher levels of I/O operations per second (IOPS) for throughput capacity levels of 4 GB/s through 12 GB/s at no additional cost, bringing the new maximum IOPS level to 400,000. The increased IOPS levels enable you to improve price-performance for IOPS-intensive workloads like SQL Server databases and optimize costs for workloads like periodic reporting jobs with IOPS requirements that vary over time. 

The higher IOPS performance is available now for all file systems in the following AWS Regions: US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), US East (Ohio), Europe (Ireland), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Singapore).

To learn more about Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, visit our product page.  For more information about the higher throughput capacities and corresponding disk IOPS levels, visit our Performance documentation.