AWS Storage Blog
Category: Technical How-to
A Pilot Light disaster recovery strategy for WordPress
In today’s digital ecosystem, maintaining an uninterrupted online presence and resilience is essential for businesses. WordPress platforms, whether e-commerce sites or news portals, must not only meet but exceed stringent Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) to maintain user trust, ensure continuity, and protect revenue. These SLAs, defining Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO), […]
Architecting secure and compliant managed file transfers with AWS Transfer Family SFTP connectors and PGP encryption
Users in industries such as financial services and healthcare regularly exchange files with their external business partners containing sensitive and regulated datasets, such as Personal Identifiable Information (PII) and financial records. These file transfers often happen over the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) and encrypting files using Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) before transfer is often […]
Using Amazon Cognito as an identity provider with AWS Transfer Family and Amazon S3
In highly regulated industries, securely exchanging files business-to-business is a crucial business practice. When building out a Managed File Transfer (MFT) environment, it is common to consider using a third-party identity solution for authenticating users. This approach offers simplicity for businesses that already use an identity service, allowing them to maintain identities for a variety […]
Achieve zero RPO for your SAP ASE (Sybase) databases with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Today, users working with SAP ASE databases are navigating the path of rehosting and refactoring to AWS. The catalyst for considering this transition is heightened due to several factors, such as the end of mainstream support announcements by SAP. Although the advantages and benefits of refactoring to open-source databases are compelling, it may require a […]
Evaluating public and cross account access at scale with IAM Access Analyzer for Amazon S3
Note: This is a more in-depth follow-on post from our high-level, introductory blog on IAM Access Analyzer for S3. Organizations generate, use, and store more data today than ever before. With securing data a top priority, many enterprises focus on implementing the principle of least privilege access, or limiting users to the minimum necessary access […]
Meeting record compliance requirements using SnapLock with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Financial services customers that are regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are required by regulations (17 CFR § 240.17a-4 and 17 CFR § 240.18a-6, or, briefly, “17a-4” and “18a-6”) to store their electronic books and records under certain protective measures. Both 17a-4 and 18a-6 require the ability to retrieve the original, unmodified […]
Snowflake streamlines data management and improves processing times using Amazon S3 Lifecycle
APN Partner Snowflake enables organizations to transform, integrate, and analyze their data. Running on AWS has helped them to keep up with a rapidly scaling customer base since 2012 (22% YoY total customer growth as of January 2024). With more customers comes more data, and efficient data management to manage operational overhead and cost is […]
Protect Hyper-V workloads with AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery (DR) is a critical process for any organization wanting to maintain business continuity in the event of a disaster such as flood, power failure, or ransomware attack. The DR strategy adopted by organizations is commonly driven by a trade-off between cost and the business impact of the time it takes for the workloads […]
Deploying Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP using AWS CloudFormation
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, the efficient management and accessibility of data stand as pivotal challenge for businesses. For a global team to efficiently collaborate on a project, they require a shared file storage that supports multiple protocols, robust data management features, and dependable data integrity. When deploying infrastructure repeatedly or in different environments, it […]
Deploying Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP using HashiCorp Terraform
Deploying and managing infrastructure with all the dependencies is a challenging task. Complexity easily multiplies when you add multiple environments to the equation. Manual infrastructure management leads to valuable time spent deploying the infrastructure rather than adding business value. This is assuming that the deployment is successful without any errors in the first attempt. Infrastructure-as-Code […]