Articles on tiering and optimal selection of S3, EBS, EFS, Glacier, and other AWS storage services
This article clarifies the criteria for choosing among Instant Retrieval / Flexible Retrieval / Deep Archive and introduces automatic tiering with lifecycle policies and compliance support with Vault Lock.
This article explains how to build / operate managed file systems making use of Amazon FSx and Amazon EFS.
This article systematically introduces design strategies for object storage, from S3 storage class selection to lifecycle policies, versioning, and replication.
A comprehensive guide covering default encryption setup, cross-account snapshot sharing, and cross-region copy for DR design.
Clarify the selection criteria for gp3 and io2 volume types, and learn practical IOPS/throughput design guidelines along with snapshot-based backup strategies.
Learn how storage tiers are transitioned automatically based on access patterns, how to choose between Intelligent-Tiering and lifecycle policies, and how to use the archive tiers.
Automatically optimize costs with the nine officially listed storage classes and lifecycle rules. This article covers the design of versioning, replication, and Object Lock.
Deploy a gateway into your vSphere environment and centrally manage on-premises VMware VM backups with AWS Backup plans. Also covers cross-region copy for disaster recovery.
Learn about integrating on-premises and cloud storage with AWS Storage Gateway. Covers the four gateway types - S3 File Gateway, FSx File Gateway, Volume Gateway, and Tape Gateway - with use cases and deployment patterns.
Discover how EBS snapshots can restore a complete volume from any snapshot despite being incremental backups, through block-level differential management, S3 storage structure, and fast snapshot restore internals.
Clarify the criteria for selecting performance modes and throughput modes, and learn how to optimize costs through lifecycle management with automatic tiering to the IA storage class.
Compare the four FSx file system types - Lustre, Windows, ONTAP, and OpenZFS - and learn guidelines for S3 integration and performance design.
This article explains the internal architecture behind S3's claimed 99.999999999% durability through three mechanisms: data distribution, integrity verification, and automatic repair, with concrete numbers illustrating what 11 nines actually means.
Starting from the fact that S3 has no concept of folders and the "/" in object keys is simply part of the string, this article explains how prefix searches work, the trick the console uses to display folders, and best practices for key design.