Amazon FSx for Lustre Intelligent-Tiering storage class now serves 13 more AWS regions, including locations in Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, and South America. It optimizes costs by automatically moving data across tiers based on usage, balancing performance and expense.
This class combines SSD caching with tiered storage to support workloads like HPC and AI/ML, providing up to 34% better price-performance than on-prem HDD solutions and up to 96% lower costs for infrequently accessed data compared to other cloud file services.
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Amazon FSx for Lustre Intelligent-Tiering storage class is now available in 13 additional AWS Regions ↗Source published 2026-06-15. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.