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SOA-C02 · Question #704

A company wants to centrally provide file shares to Windows machines by using SMB. The company wants to provide file shares to Linux machines by using NFS. The company requires high availability…

The correct answer is B. Use Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP in Multi-AZ mode. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP natively supports both SMB (for Windows) and NFS (for Linux) and offers Multi-AZ high availability with sub‐minute (<60 s) failover, satisfying both protocol and RTO requirements in a single managed service.

Submitted by neha2k· Mar 30, 2026Reliability and Business Continuity

Question

A company wants to centrally provide file shares to Windows machines by using SMB. The company wants to provide file shares to Linux machines by using NFS. The company requires high availability. The company can allow a maximum of 60 seconds to fail over. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options

  • AProvision an Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) file system across two Availability Zones.
  • BUse Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP in Multi-AZ mode.
  • CUse Amazon FSx for Windows File Server in Multi-AZ mode.
  • DProvision Amazon EC2 instances as file servers. Share an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    71% (25)
  • C
    17% (6)
  • D
    9% (3)

Explanation

Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP natively supports both SMB (for Windows) and NFS (for Linux) and offers Multi-AZ high availability with sub‐minute (<60 s) failover, satisfying both protocol and RTO requirements in a single managed service.

Topics

#FSx for NetApp ONTAP#SMB NFS multi-protocol#Multi-AZ failover#file share HA

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