- Provides NFS and SMB access to objects in Amazon S3.
- Frequently accessed (most recently used) data is cached locally on the gateway for low-latency access.
- Supports storage in:
- S3 Standard
- S3 Standard-IA
- S3 One Zone-IA
- S3 Intelligent-Tiering
- Can transition data to S3 Glacier tiers via Lifecycle Policies.
- Access controlled with IAM roles per File Gateway.