Hi,
I'd like to submit a feature request for the ArcGIS Enterprise product team to evaluate, benchmark, and officially support the newly released Amazon S3 Files as a shared storage option for ArcGIS Enterprise configuration.
The Context
As many Enterprise architects know, deploying ArcGIS Enterprise a highly available shared file system to house the Server directories, configuration store, and Portal content.
The Opportunity: Amazon S3 Files
AWS recently launched Amazon S3 Files, which fundamentally changes the cloud storage landscape. It allows you to mount an S3 bucket directly to EC2 instances as a native file system using the NFS v4.1+ protocol.
Under the hood, S3 Files uses an EFS-powered high-performance caching layer. This means:
Active/Hot Data (like the thousands of tiny XML files in the ArcGIS config-store that constantly lock and mutate) are served with sub-millisecond latency from the EFS cache.
Cold/Large Data (like backups) is streamed directly from cheap S3 Standard storage.
Why Esri Should Support This
If validated, S3 Files could offer a massive cost reduction for AWS-based deployments. It provides the exact POSIX-compliant, NFS v4.1 file system that ArcGIS Enterprise natively expects, but backed by the economics of S3 object storage.
The Ask
Could the team please look into this new AWS service, test it against the read/write demands of an ArcGIS Enterprise System, and ideally add it to the official list of supported cloud storage solutions in a future release?
I'd love to hear if other AWS administrators in the community would benefit from this capability!
Thanks
Ayush
