Users hate waiting for data from their Cloud application. As we move more applications to the Cloud, CPU, RAM, and fast networks are plentiful. However, storage rises to the top of the list for Cloud application bottlenecks. This blog gives recommendations to increase cloud storage performance for both managed storage services such as EFS and self-managed storage using a   Cloud NAS . Here, you will find lots of performance statistics between AWS EFS and SoftNAS   AWS NAS Storage . Managed Service Cloud Storage Many cloud architects turned to a managed cloud file service for cloud storage, such as AWS EFS, FSx, or Azure Files. Amazon EFS  uses the NFS protocol for Linux workloads. FSx  uses the CIFS protocol for Windows workloads. Azure Files  provides CIFS protocol for Windows. None of these managed services provide iSCSI, FTP, or SFTP protocols. Throttled Bandwidth Slows Performance Hundreds, even thousands of customers access storage through the same managed...