AWS Storage Blog
Category: Technical How-to
How Simon Data reduced encryption costs by using Amazon S3 Bucket Keys on existing objects
As more organizations look to operate faster and at scale, they need ways to meet critical compliance requirements and improve data security. Encryption is a critical component of a defense in depth strategy, and when used correctly, can provide an additional layer of protection above basic access control. However, workloads that access millions or billions […]
Analytical processing of millions of cell images using Amazon EFS and Amazon S3
Analytical workloads such as batch processing, high performance computing, or machine learning inference often have high IOPS and low latency requirements but operate at irregular intervals on subsets of large datasets. Typically, data is manually copied between storage tiers in preparation of processing, which can be cumbersome and error-prone. Given this, IT teams want to […]
Synchronize your Oracle databases quickly and easily with Amazon FSx for OpenZFS
Update 4/8/2024: You can find a more recent version of this solution in the blog “Accelerate development refresh cycles and optimize cost with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP.” That post presents an alternative solution to the same use case found in this post, but using Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. This post, which uses Amazon […]
Allowing external users to securely and directly upload files to Amazon S3
Organizations are often required to store files, images, and other digital assets in a repository. In many cases, the source of these files are partners or individuals who are not connected to internal systems and requires corporate authentication in order to upload the files. Customers traditionally use servers to handle file uploads, which can use […]
5 ways to simplify backup plans using AWS Backup resource assignment rules
Prior to the announcement of new resource assignment capabilities in AWS Backup, customers could assign resources to a backup plan in two ways. They could either select a specific resource using its resource ID or define a specific selection tag, which helps the service identify resources to be backed up by the backup plan. While […]
Creating a scalable disaster recovery plan with AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
IT disruptions can occur for many reasons, including human error, weather, or a cyber attack. Enterprises need to have a solution in place that will get them up and running quickly with minimal downtime. When orchestrating disaster recovery at scale, it is important to automate recovery plans as much as possible. This allows for a […]
Using AWS DataSync to move data from Hadoop to Amazon S3
You want to leverage cloud scalability, increase cost efficiency by paying only for utilized storage, decouple big data storage from processing, and increase capabilities for data analytics and machine learning using AWS. But how do you move your Hadoop cluster? To accelerate this transition, AWS DataSync recently launched support for moving data between Hadoop Distributed […]
Restoring on-premises applications to AWS from Amazon EBS Snapshots created by EBS direct APIs
Incremental, point-in-time copies of data can be a secure and cost effective tool anchoring disaster recovery, data migration, and compliance solutions. Amazon EBS Snapshots are how EBS customers leverage point-in-time copies of their data stored on AWS, and you can use Snapshots on premises too. In December 2019, AWS introduced Amazon EBS direct APIs, providing […]
Running WordPress on Amazon EKS with Amazon EFS Intelligent-tiering
A large percentage of websites today rely on Content Management Systems (CMS) which provide content creators, who may have little to no experience in web development, with the ability to easily publish their content to a website for distribution to their end users. By far, the most popular CMS platform today is WordPress. More developers […]
How to securely share application log files with third parties
What do we do when our applications fail, and we must provide instance-level log data to external entities for troubleshooting purposes? It’s best to limit direct human interaction with our production resources, so we often see temporary access provided for a fixed period. For highly regulated industries, the approval process for production access can be […]