AWS Storage Blog
Category: Management Tools
Create a cross-platform distributed file system with HAQM FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Due to need to control costs in the face of exponential data growth, doing more with existing on-premise resources while minimizing their growth has become ever more important. Most organizations would like to enjoy the benefits of the cloud while leveraging their existing on-premise file assets to create a highly resilient hybrid enterprise file share. […]
Maximizing price performance for big data workloads using HAQM EBS
Since the emergence of big data over a decade ago, Hadoop – an open-source framework that is used to efficiently store and process large datasets – has been crucial in storing, analyzing, and reducing that data to provide value for enterprises. Hadoop lets you store structured, partially structured, or unstructured data of any kind across […]
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 […]
Improve application resiliency with HAQM EBS volume metrics and AWS Fault Injection Simulator
When business build applications, it is crucial to monitor those applications and take measures if and when needed to avoid downtime, and potentially, revenue loss. Choosing the correct metrics to monitor and setting up alarms as needed is table stakes for customers to achieve their application resiliency and availability goals. HAQM Elastic Block Store (HAQM […]
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 […]
Creating an ETL pipeline trigger for existing AWS DataSync tasks
Organizations look for ways to leverage the compute power of the cloud to analyze their data and produce reports to help drive business decisions. They want to load their data sets into extract-transform-load (ETL) pipelines for data processing. Once the data is processed, business decision makers at these organizations rely on accurate report generation to […]
Retrieving previous versions of S3 bucket policies
When dealing with applications or storage, it is often helpful to log previous policy configurations and have the ability to retrieve them. This can help you managed and troubleshoot configuration changes and comply with security regulations. HAQM Simple Storage Service (HAQM S3) bucket policies are resource-based policies that you can use to grant access permissions […]
How to restore archived HAQM EC2 backup recovery points from the HAQM S3 Glacier storage classes
This is the second post in a two-part series. In part one, we described a process to automatically archive HAQM EC2 backup recovery points from AWS Backup to an HAQM S3 bucket in one of the HAQM S3 Glacier storage classes. In this post, we describe the process to restore an archived EC2 backup recovery point from […]
How to archive HAQM EC2 backup recovery points to HAQM S3 Glacier storage classes
Centralizing and automating data protection helps you support your business continuity and regulatory compliance goals. Centralized data protection and enhanced visibility across backup operations can reduce the risks of disasters, improve business continuity, and simplify the auditing process. Many organizations have requirements to retain backups of their compute instances for a certain time based on […]
On-demand archival and retrieval of documents from HAQM WorkDocs to HAQM S3
Cloud storage of documents has seen rapid growth over the years as more and more customers and businesses move away from traditional physical storage. As the size and number of documents continue to grow, customers want to manage their documents and retain them using long term, durable, cost-effective document archives. Businesses such as medical research […]