File system details for FSx

When you create an FSx file share, you specify the file system details.

File system details

Parameter Description
File system name - optional Specify a name for use in the AWS Management console.
Deployment type

Select Availability Zone (AZ). Single-AZ or Multi-AZ for redundancy.

Single-AZ has a 30-minute weekly maintenance window that you can schedule as you prefer.
Storage type Milestone recommends selecting HDD storage type for archiving.
Storage capacity Specify the size of your FSx share.
Throughput capacity

Select Specify throughput capacity to meet your throughput requirements.

When you select a higher throughput capacity, you increase the cost of running your FSx share.

Network & security

Parameter Description
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Select the VPC where you have deployed your EC2 instance that is running your XProtect system.
VPC Security Groups

Specify a security group to associate with your file system's network interface.

To allow access to the VPC, update the inbound and outbound rules of the selected security group. See Step 1: Create your file system.
Preferred subnet You must select the same subnet as your EC2 instance running your XProtect system.
Standby subnet Select a relevant standby subnet.

Windows authentication

Parameter Description
Choose an Active Directory to provide user authentication and access control for your file system

Select the Microsoft Active Directory to use.

Select an Active Directory.

Provide the details below:

  • Active Directory domain name
  • Fully qualified domain name.
  • DNS server IP Addresses.
  • Service account username and password.

Encryption

Parameter Description
Encryption key Select your AWS Key Management Service (KMS) encryption key.

Backup and maintenance

Parameter Description
Daily automatic backup window Select No preference.
Automatic backup retention period Set it to 1 days.
Weekly maintenance window

Choose Select start time for 30-minute weekly maintenance window and specify the start time of the maintenance window.

Specify the start time so that the maintenance window does not overlap with your XProtect system archiving schedule.

Tags

Add tags that follows your tagging strategy.