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Performance analysis for different HAQM EFS throughput modes via HAQM CloudWatch

When I talk with customers about their file storage, I frequently get asked “How can I determine the right throughput capacity for my file storage?” The simple answer is through monitoring the performance of your workload to determine the right performance configuration for your file storage. Throughput modes for HAQM Elastic File System (EFS) determine […]

Seamlessly map file shares for HAQM FSx for Windows File Server with AWS Auto Scaling

When managing a fleet of Windows instances, you often need a central repository for files that can be accessed from multiple locations. Having an automatically mapped Server Message Block (SMB) file share when your end-users connect to the domain-joined instances automates the repetitive and time-consuming task of mapping file shares manually to hundreds of new […]

S3 Security

Enforcing encryption in transit with TLS1.2 or higher with HAQM S3

Update April 8, 2024: As of February 27th, 2024, all AWS service API endpoints (including for HAQM S3) now require a minimum of TLS version 1.2. Therefore, the S3 bucket and S3 Access Point policy examples in this post that enforce minimum of TLS version 1.2 are no longer necessary as this is the default […]

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

Failover Microsoft Azure workloads to AWS using AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

Enterprises strive to make sure that business critical applications, workloads, and data remain available during planned and unplanned downtime. When using the cloud, organizations must make sure to apply the same approach to business continuity and disaster recovery as they would with on-premises infrastructure. Customers on the cloud can leverage AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS […]

HAQM FSx for NetApp OnTAP

Accelerate development refresh cycles and optimize cost with HAQM FSx for NetApp ONTAP cloning

Organizations perform refreshes of database environments to ensure they can perform development, testing, and QA on copies of the most up-to-date, production-like datasets. In addition, IT teams are tasked with managing increasing data footprints, while maintaining the highest levels of availability, resiliency, and performance. Many customer development cycles maintain DTAP (Development, Test, Acceptance, and Production) […]

Accelerating GPT large language model training with AWS services

GPT, or Generative Pre-trained Transformer, is a language model that has shown remarkable progress in various vertical industries. This technology has been used to generate human-like text in fields such as finance, healthcare, legal, marketing, and many others. In finance, GPT is being used to analyze financial data, generate reports, and assist with decision-making. In […]

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

Using AWS Systems Manager to upgrade from CloudEndure Disaster Recovery to AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) is the recommended service for disaster recovery to AWS. It’s the next generation of CloudEndure Disaster Recovery (CEDR), as CloudEndure Disaster Recovery technology was used to build Elastic Disaster Recovery. Now you can upgrade replicating source servers from CloudEndure Disaster Recovery to Elastic Disaster Recovery. This is accomplished via the CEDR Server […]

Automating HAQM CloudWatch dashboard creation for HAQM EBS volume KPIs

Enterprises can benefit significantly from optimizing block storage performance in the cloud. One of the primary benefits is having faster and more reliable data access to support critical business operations and real-time applications by achieving reduced latency and higher throughput. Another benefit is realizing cost savings by increasing storage operational efficiency to reduce the need […]

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Simplifying operations for VMware workloads using AWS Backup and VMware Cloud on AWS

Customers use VMware to power their business critical applications on premises. As they adopt cloud, they leverage VMware Cloud on AWS as a vehicle to migrate without refactoring their applications. Customers will still need to protect their application data, provide disaster recovery from events, and migrate data if needed. For a large-scale migration with limited […]

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Migrating mixed file sizes with the snow-transfer-tool on AWS Snowball Edge devices

When moving your applications and business infrastructure to AWS, it is likely you will need to migrate your existing data as well. This data often comes from file share environments and contains a variety of file sizes. If the data contains more than a single digit percentage of files under 1 MB, your migration performance […]