Microsoft Azure → Amazon Web Services
AWS equivalent of Azure HPC Cache
The closest AWS equivalent of Azure HPC Cache is Amazon File Cache.
About Azure HPC Cache
| Provider | Microsoft Azure |
|---|---|
| Status | retired Retired Retired Sep 30, 2025 and no longer supported. Docs moved to "previous versions". |
| What it is | An NFS caching service in front of on-premises NAS or Blob containers for read-heavy HPC jobs. |
| Documentation | learn.microsoft.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
AWS mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| High-speed file cache in front of NFS or object data | Amazon File Cache | No equivalent |
Managed file systems(1)
High-speed file cache in front of NFS or object data No equivalent
Amazon File Cache no longer has an Azure equivalent. Azure HPC Cache, the closest match, retired on Sep 30, 2025. For Blob-backed data, Azure Managed Lustre with Blob integration covers much of the same need.
- Amazon File Cache is Lustre-based and can link up to eight S3 or NFSv3 repositories (all of one type). Azure Managed Lustre covers the Blob-backed case, but Azure has no managed cache in front of on-premises NFS exports.