Category: HAQM EC2

UPDATE (2/3/2025): In the time since this blog was published, AWS Backup announced restore testing, a new capability that allows you to automate the entire restore testing process of your AWS resources across storage, compute, and database. To learn more about how to implement restore testing, go to the restore testing developer guide. Your data […]

As a critical part of data protection and disaster recovery (DR) readiness, backing up data is an integral part of data storage in the cloud or otherwise. AWS customers use HAQM EBS snapshots, which are point-in-time backups of EBS volumes, as part of their data protection strategy in the cloud, often as part of their […]

UPDATE (7/16/2021): This blog post describes CloudEndure Migration. AWS Application Migration Service, the next generation of CloudEndure Migration, is now the recommended service for lift-and-shift migrations to AWS. Choosing a cloud provider is typically based on a number of business factors, such as cost, reliability, security, compatibility, or a specific feature. But business environments are […]

Self-driving and self-flying vehicles — autonomous cars, airplanes, and drones — require vast amounts of data to fulfill their promise of a safe mode of transportation for goods and people. Connected vehicles and the Internet of Things (IoT) have a strong influence on the way we collect and process low-bandwidth telemetry data, in addition to […]

Some drivers involved in moving disaster recovery (DR) to the AWS Cloud include reducing infrastructure and management costs, and enabling access to greater scalability and elasticity. CloudEndure Disaster Recovery, offered by AWS, helps you shift your disaster recovery (DR) strategy to AWS from data centers, private clouds, or other public clouds. By shifting their DR […]

Any number of events can cause IT outages that could adversely affect your business, stopping it from being able to serve customers or causing loss of valuable enterprise data. These events can result from application errors, human errors, malicious attacks, or infrastructure outages caused by natural disaster or hardware failure. You can mitigate against infrastructure […]

In today’s business world, enterprises work together through many different means. One of those ways is the sharing of data. Data can come in many different types, like data streams, structured databases, and basic file data. File data is a common data type within companies, and it can be difficult to transfer file data between […]

AWS Snowball Edge customers are running applications for edge local data processing, analysis, and machine learning using HAQM EC2 compute instances on Snowball Edge devices in remote or disconnected locations. Customers use Snowball Edge devices in locations including, but not limited to, cruise ships, oil rigs, and factory floors with no or limited network connectivity. […]

Today, on AWS Storage Day 2020, we are excited to announce AWS Backup supports backups of HAQM FSx file systems and Windows workloads running on EC2, adding to the growing list of features to enhance your data protection. HAQM FSx customers may now enjoy the automation, ease-of-use, and managed compliance protection service that AWS Backup […]

Every day AWS customers launch HAQM EC2 instances using the Launch Instance Wizard (LIW). When launching instances to host applications like content management systems, data science notebooks, database backups, media workflows, and code repositories, you create and attach shared file systems like HAQM EFS to your instances. In the past, creating and attaching new HAQM […]