AWS datasync: Expanded Enhanced mode support documentation
Summary
Updated Enhanced mode capabilities to include EFS, FSx for Lustre, HDFS, and cloud storage transfers
Security assessment
Feature documentation update without security implications; describes expanded transfer capabilities between storage services
Evidence
* **Enhanced mode** – Transfer virtually unlimited numbers of files or objects with higher performance than Basic mode. Enhanced mode tasks optimize the data transfer process by listing, preparing, transferring, and verifying data in parallel. Enhanced mode is currently available for the following transfers:
Diff
diff --git a/datasync/latest/userguide/choosing-task-mode.md b/datasync/latest/userguide/choosing-task-mode.md index 9601ff504..84ca55606 100644 --- a//datasync/latest/userguide/choosing-task-mode.md +++ b//datasync/latest/userguide/choosing-task-mode.md @@ -13 +13,7 @@ Your AWS DataSync task can run in one of the following modes: - * **Enhanced mode** – Transfer virtually unlimited numbers of files or objects with higher performance than Basic mode. Enhanced mode tasks optimize the data transfer process by listing, preparing, transferring, and verifying data in parallel. Enhanced mode is currently available for transfers between Amazon S3 locations, transfers between Azure Blob and Amazon S3 without an agent, transfers between other clouds and Amazon S3 without an agent, and transfers between NFS or SMB file servers and Amazon S3 using an Enhanced mode agent. + * **Enhanced mode** – Transfer virtually unlimited numbers of files or objects with higher performance than Basic mode. Enhanced mode tasks optimize the data transfer process by listing, preparing, transferring, and verifying data in parallel. Enhanced mode is currently available for the following transfers: + + * Between Amazon S3, Amazon EFS, and Amazon FSx for Lustre locations (no agent required) + + * Between NFS or SMB file servers, or HDFS clusters, and supported AWS storage services using an Enhanced mode agent + + * Between Azure Blob or object storage (including storage in other clouds) and supported AWS storage services (no agent is required when transferring to or from Amazon S3) @@ -30 +36 @@ Data transfer [counters](./transfer-performance-counters.html) and [metrics](./m -[Supported locations](./working-with-locations.html) | Currently for transfers between Amazon S3 locations, transfers between Azure Blob and Amazon S3 without an agent, transfers between other clouds and Amazon S3 without an agent, and transfers between NFS or SMB file servers and Amazon S3 using an Enhanced mode agent. | For transfers between all locations that DataSync supports +[Supported locations](./working-with-locations.html) | Currently for transfers between Amazon S3, Amazon EFS, Amazon FSx for Lustre, NFS, SMB, HDFS, Azure Blob, and object storage (including other clouds) locations. Some of these transfers require an Enhanced mode agent. For more information, see [Where can I transfer my data with AWS DataSync?](./working-with-locations.html). | For transfers between all locations that DataSync supports @@ -37 +43 @@ Failure handling for unsupported object tags | For cloud storage transfers to or -You can choose Enhanced mode only for transfers between Amazon S3 locations, transfers between Azure Blob and Amazon S3 without an agent, transfers between other clouds and Amazon S3 without an agent, and transfers between NFS or SMB file servers and Amazon S3 using an Enhanced mode agent. Otherwise, you must use Basic mode. For example, a transfer from an on-premises [HDFS location](./create-hdfs-location.html) to an S3 location requires Basic mode. +You can choose Enhanced mode only for transfers between locations that Enhanced mode supports. For more information, see [Where can I transfer my data with AWS DataSync?](./working-with-locations.html). Otherwise, you must use Basic mode. For example, a transfer to or from an Amazon FSx for Windows File Server location requires Basic mode. @@ -39 +45 @@ You can choose Enhanced mode only for transfers between Amazon S3 locations, tra -Your task options and performance might vary depending on the task mode you choose. Once you create your task, you can't change the task mode. +Your task options and performance might vary depending on the task mode you choose. After you create your task, you can't change the task mode.