Microsoft Azure → Amazon Web Services
AWS equivalent of Azure Container Storage and AKS CSI drivers
The closest AWS equivalent of Azure Container Storage and AKS CSI drivers is Amazon EKS storage CSI drivers (EBS, EFS, FSx, Mountpoint for S3).
About Azure Container Storage and AKS CSI drivers
| Provider | Microsoft Azure |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | AKS includes CSI drivers for Azure Disks, Azure Files, and Blob Storage (BlobFuse or NFS). Azure Container Storage v2 is an open-source volume orchestrator for local NVMe and Elastic SAN volumes. |
| Documentation | learn.microsoft.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
AWS mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes persistent volumes | Amazon EKS storage CSI drivers (EBS, EFS, FSx, Mountpoint for S3) | Partial match |
Block storage(1)
Kubernetes persistent volumes Partial match
The EKS CSI drivers (EBS, EFS, FSx, Mountpoint for S3) map to the AKS built-in CSI drivers (Azure Disks, Azure Files, Blob Storage), plus Azure Container Storage, which adds local NVMe and Elastic SAN volumes.
- Installation. EKS CSI drivers are add-ons you install (EBS block storage is built into EKS Auto Mode). AKS enables the Disk and Files CSI drivers by default and offers the Blob driver.
- Local NVMe. Azure Container Storage v2 exposes local NVMe disks as persistent volumes with an open-source driver. EKS has no AWS-managed equivalent for instance store volumes.
- Pooled block. Azure Container Storage can carve many volumes out of one Elastic SAN. On EKS, each persistent volume is its own EBS volume.