AWS re:Invent 2018 - Amazon FSx Launch

AWS CEO Andy Jassy officially announced the launch of Amazon FSx, introducing two services: FSx for Lustre and FSx for Windows File Server. This marked AWS's entry into fully managed, native file system services.

Significance

This event was groundbreaking as it provided cloud-native solutions for two distinct yet critical file storage needs, significantly lowering the barrier for enterprises to migrate Windows applications and for researchers to run HPC workloads in the cloud without managing complex file system infrastructure.