OCI File Storage

intermediate
data
Enhanced Content

Definition

Oracle's enterprise-grade network file system with NFS support. Like having a shared network drive that all your cloud applications can access simultaneously.

Real-World Example

Media production companies use File Storage to share large video files across multiple editing workstations.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

All are managed network file systems that expose shared file storage over standard protocols (typically NFS for Linux/Unix workloads). OCI File Storage, Amazon EFS, and Google Filestore are commonly used for NFS-based shared storage; Azure Files provides SMB and also supports NFS in many regions for Linux workloads. They let multiple compute instances mount the same file system concurrently for shared content, home directories, and shared application data.

AWS
Amazon EFS (Elastic File System)
AZ
Azure Files
GCP
Filestore
OCI
OCI File Storage

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