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How HAQM Photos uses HAQM S3 Intelligent-Tiering to significantly reduce storage costs
HAQM Photos provides unlimited photo storage and 5 GB of video storage to HAQM Prime members in eight marketplaces world-wide. Customers backup, relive, and share memories on HAQM Photos’ mobile, web, and desktop apps, and relive these memories on HAQM smart screen devices like HAQM Echo Show and HAQM Fire TV. Customers in the US […]
How encryption works in AWS Backup
Encryption is an essential data protection and security tool used to keep data safe and facilitate proper access management. Data managers use backups for data safety, redundancy, and compliance, and encryption is a powerful compliment to backups for thorough data protection. Customers in all industries use AWS Backup for centralized and automated data protection across […]
Automatically archive and restore data with HAQM S3 Intelligent-Tiering
Customers of all sizes, in all industries, are using data lakes to transform data from a cost that must be managed, to a business asset. From time to time, data scientists and business analysts need to restore subsets of historical datasets for longitudinal studies, machine learning retraining, and more. However, users commonly write queries that don’t […]
Securely installing AWS Replication Agent using AWS Security Token Service
UPDATE (7/7/2022): We’ve revised this blog post to align with the latest AWS security best practices. We’ve removed the step of adding an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user, and replaced it with using an EC2 instance profile when the source server is an EC2 instance (the AWS Replication Agent also retrieves credentials automatically from […]
Backup and restore on-premises VMware virtual machines using AWS Backup
VMware virtual machines (VMs) can run in a number of environments, and whether they run on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment, one thing remains the same: backing up your virtual machines is an important step toward meeting business continuity and regulatory requirements. For VMware users, figuring out the best method of backing […]
AWS STAC-M3™ benchmark results: Low-latency tick analytics made easy
Analyzing time-series data such as tick-by-tick quotes and trades is crucial to our financial services customers, specifically quantitative analysts, algorithm engineers, risk managers, and others handling various trading functions. From running global ticker plants to algorithm development, to risk management, these functions are critical to day-to-day business operations. With the increase in trading volume and […]
How to move data from Azure Files SMB shares to AWS using AWS DataSync
UPDATE (3/26/2024): When deploying the AWS DataSync agent, this repository contains a script designed to convert the DataSync Agent VHDX to VHD on HAQM Linux 2 (AL2), and upload the generated disk to Azure and create an Azure Virtual Machine. It’s not uncommon for organizations to have data located in multiple data centers, storage locations, […]
Migrating Google Cloud Storage to HAQM S3 using AWS DataSync
Update (4/17/2024): The solution presented in this post using AWS DataSync for migration to HAQM S3 from Google Cloud Storage works best if you are looking for a secure managed service for your data transfer workflow that provides data validation, integrated auditing and monitoring capabilities, and the ability to transfer changed data. If you are […]
Using AWS Backup to protect HAQM Aurora databases
Many organizations use databases to support their most mission-critical applications. Having a comprehensive strategy to protect these databases is the underpinning to meeting business service level agreements (SLAs). An optimal strategy includes using both backups and replication to protect databases in the event of a natural disaster, human error, or cyber threat. Customers can use […]
Disaster recovery monitoring of AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
Monitoring and troubleshooting disaster recovery (DR) solutions is a critical component of any DR strategy. The ability to receive alerts and status updates is imperative when it comes to limiting downtime and maintaining operations. Often, monitoring a DR solution is a post-deployment afterthought. Administrators must be logged in to the tool to see if it’s […]