Timed Set 3 Q 28, Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

[Simon Caruana]

Hi, please note that
“There is no option to Dynamically Allocate the file system size.” seems to be incorrect as https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/06/amazon-fsx-for-windows-file-server-now-enables-you-to-grow-storage-scale-performance-on-file-system/
states
“With the new capability to grow storage, you can dynamically increase your storage size as your data sets grow, so you don’t need to worry about accommodating growing data sets when creating your file system.”

[Nikee-TutorialsDojo]

Hello Simon,

Thank you for posting your inquiry. Can you please add a snippet to the question so we can check it? Thank you.

Regards,

Nikee @ Tutorials Dojo

[fescoffier]

Hi,

It’s the question 8 in thispractice test: https://portal.tutorialsdojo.com/courses/aws-certified-solutions-architect-professional-practice-exams/lessons/practice-exams-review-mode-5/quizzes/aws-certified-solutions-architect-professional-practice-exam-review-mode-set-3/

Regards,

Fabien

Review Mode Set 3 – AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional

[Nikee-TutorialsDojo]

Hello fescoffier,

Thank you for posting here. Can you please copy and paste the question here? Please note that our practice exams are in randomized order, so the link you added might not be the question you are referring to. Thank you for understanding.

Regarding,

Nikee @ Tutorials Dojo

[fescoffier]

Hi Nikee,

Please see the attached screenshots.

Regards

Fabien

[fescoffier]

I think the “Dynamically” is missleading here. The documentation https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/06/amazon-fsx-for-windows-file-server-now-enables-you-to-grow-storage-scale-performance-on-file-system/ refers to the hability of resizing the file system, whilst the questions refers to the hability of auto scaling the file system size.

After re-reading the question, the explanation is correct.

[JR-TutorialsDojo]

Hello Simon Caruana,

Thank you for your feedback. It’s true that you can manually increase the storage capacity of the Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, as described in the AWS documentation. However, there is no automatic “Dynamically Allocate” feature that handles this for you without intervention.

This capability indeed allows for increasing storage as needed, but this operation must be triggered manually, or you can set it up with monitoring and automation, as described in the option: Create an Amazon CloudWatch Alarm to monitor the FreeStorageCapacity metric of the file system. Write an AWS Lambda Function to increase the capacity of the Amazon FSx for Windows File Server file system using the update-file-system command. Utilize Amazon EventBridge to invoke this Lambda function when the metric threshold is reached. This option uses Amazon CloudWatch Alarms, AWS Lambda, and Amazon EventBridge to automate this process and prevent manual operations.

So while the manual increase of storage capacity is possible, the correct option provides an automated solution, making it the best choice to ensure seamless scaling and prevent capacity issues in the future.

I hope this helps! Let us know if you need any further assistance.

Cheers,
JR @ Tutorials Dojo