Select the right Alibaba Cloud file storage service based on your workload requirements for performance, security, capacity, and cost.
Selection overview
Consider the following key factors when selecting an Alibaba Cloud file storage service:
Performance
For workloads with a high volume of read and write requests and low-latency requirements, select an Extreme NAS file system.
If your application processes many files and requires high throughput, select a CPFS for Lingjun file system.
Security and stability
For data that requires high stability, access control, and data encryption, select a General-purpose NAS file system.
For data that requires backups, select a General-purpose NAS file system or an Extreme NAS file system.
Capacity and scalability
For data that requires a large storage capacity, select a General-purpose capacity NAS file system.
For workloads that require frequent elastic scale-out and scale-in, select a General-purpose NAS file system.
Prices vary based on the file system type and specifications. Select a file storage service that meets your needs and budget to avoid wasting resources or exceeding your budget.
The storage class of a file system cannot be changed after creation. For more information about file system limits, see Limits for File Storage NAS .
File system selection
Selection reference | General-purpose NAS | Extreme NAS | CPFS | CPFS for Lingjun | ||||||
Storage-optimized | Advanced | Performance | 100 MB/s | 200 MB/s | 400 MB/s | |||||
Scenarios | Cost-sensitive file sharing workloads that have low requirements for response latency, such as database backups, log storage, Windows user directories, and Linux home directories. | Latency-sensitive file sharing workloads that require low response latency, such as data persistence for containers, AI training data storage, industrial simulation, and genetic computing. | Latency-sensitive file sharing workloads that require low response latency, such as Linux or Windows enterprise applications, container PersistentVolumes (PVs), web content management, and genetic computing. | Latency-sensitive Linux enterprise applications, CI/CD staging environments, high-performance web services, online education services, and online game services. | I/O-intensive workloads that require high throughput, high IOPS, and massive numbers of files. Examples include HPC, AI training, autonomous driving, genetic computing, film and television rendering, EDA simulation, oil and gas exploration, and weather analysis. | Intelligent computing scenarios such as AIGC and autonomous driving. Compatible with Container Compute Service (ACS), PAI Lingjun resources, PAI general computing resources, and PAI Lingjun resources (single-tenant) only. Access from ECS instances is not supported. | ||||
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Storage capacity | 0 to 10 PiB | 0 to 1 PiB | 0 to 1 PiB | 100 GiB to 256 TiB | 3.6 TiB to 1 PiB | 3.6 TiB to 1 PiB | 10 TiB to 1 PiB | |||
Maximum number of files | 1 billion | 1 billion | 1 billion | 500 million |
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Performance | Average 4 KB single-stream read latency | 10 ms | 2 ms | 2 ms |
| 0.6 ms | 0.4 ms | 0.25 ms | ||
Average 4 KB single-stream write latency | 10 ms | 2 ms | 2 ms |
| 0.8 ms | 0.6 ms | 0.6 ms | |||
Throughput (peak) |
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| Read + Write 20 GB/s To increase the throughput capacity, submit a ticket. |
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Maximum IOPS | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 200,000 | 1,500,000 | 2,800,000 |
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Scalability | Scale-in | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | ||
Scale-out | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |||
Scaling method | Automatic scaling | Automatic scaling | Automatic scaling | Manual scaling | Manual scaling | Manual scaling | Manual scaling | |||
Scaling step size | 4 KiB | 4 KiB | 4 KiB | 1 GiB |
| 10 TiB Maximum file system size: 5 PiB. To request a larger capacity, submit a ticket. | ||||
Security | Server-side encryption | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | ||
Encryption in transit | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | |||
AD domain control (SMB) | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | |||
ACL-based access control | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | |||
Stability | Quotas | NFS | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | |
SMB | Supported | Supported | Supported | |||||||
Subdirectory mounting | NFS | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | ||
SMB | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | ||||
Recycle bin | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | |||
Lifecycle management | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | |||
Backups | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |||
Snapshots | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
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Locally redundant storage | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |||
Zone-redundant storage (Multi-AZ) | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | |||
Cost | Pay-as-you-go (USD/GiB/month) | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.30 |
| 0.83 | 1.4 | 0.244 | ||
Resource plans | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | |||
SCU | Supported | Not supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | |||
Storage plans | New purchases not supported | Not supported | New purchases not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | |||
Subscription | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | New purchases not supported | New purchases not supported | New purchases not supported | Not supported | |||
The pay-as-you-go prices in the preceding table are for reference only and reflect the pricing in Chinese mainland regions as of July 18, 2024. Actual prices in the Chinese mainland and other regions are subject to the latest prices on the official pricing pages. For more information about NAS file system billing, see NAS Pricing. For more information about CPFS file system billing, see CPFS Pricing.