AWS Cloud Computing Whitepapers
The whitepapers section features a comprehensive list of technical AWS whitepapers, covering topics such as architecture, security and economics. These whitepapers have been authored either by the Amazon Team or by the AWS Community (Customers or Solution Providers). This page will be regularly updated with new and updated whitepapers. Check back regularly or subscribe to the RSS feed for new content.
AWS Whitepapers
The following is a list of whitepapers authored by AWS:
| Title | Description | Date |
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| Microsoft SharePoint Server on AWS Reference Architecture White Paper | This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to run SharePoint on AWS and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. It illustrates common reference architecture for SharePoint Server deployment scenarios and discusses their network, security, and deployment configurations so you can run SharePoint Server workloads in the cloud with confidence. Download Whitepaper | April 2012 |
| TCO of a NoSQL Database Service | This whitepaper will help you understand the different cost factors involved in deploying and managing a scalable NoSQL database solution. You will learn about the TCO savings of using a NoSQL (non-relational) database cloud service such as Amazon DynamoDB over equivalent NoSQL database software that is deployed on-premises or hosted in the cloud. Download Whitepaper | March 2012 |
| Operational Checklists for AWS | This paper is targeted at developers and architects who are looking for operational and architectural guidance from AWS to help assess their application’s operational readiness. It provides two checklists - Basic and Enterprise - so that you can evaluate your applications against a list of essential and recommended best practices and deploy them with confidence. Download Whitepaper | February 2012 |
| AWS Risk and Compliance | This document intends to provide information to assist AWS customers with integrating AWS into their existing control framework supporting their IT environment. This document includes a basic approach to evaluating AWS controls and provides information to assist customers with integrating control environments. This document also addresses AWS-specific information around general cloud computing compliance issues.Download Whitepaper | January 2012 |
| MongoDB on AWS | This whitepaper provides an overview of general best practices that apply to all major NoSQL systems and highlights one of popular NoSQL systems - MongoDB - and discusses how to best run it on the AWS cloud. It further examines different MongoDB configurations so you can optimize it for performance, durability, and security. Download Whitepaper | January 2012 |
| How AWS Pricing Works | This whitepaper will help you understand how to effectively estimate the costs of running your specific project on AWS. It provides several examples that leverage the AWS Simple Monthly Calculator. For each example, this paper discusses its architecture, example usage of each service, cost breakdown for each service, and the total estimated monthly charge. Download Whitepaper | December 2011 |
| Using AWS for Disaster Recovery | In the event of a disaster, you can quickly launch resources in Amazon Web Services (AWS) to ensure business continuity. The paper highlights relevant AWS features and services that you can leverage for your DR processes and shows example scenarios on how to recover from disaster. It further provides recommendations on how you can improve your DR plan and leverage the full potential of AWS for your Disaster Recovery processes. Download Whitepaper | October 2011 |
| RDBMS in the Cloud: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 | You can run Microsoft SQL Server on the AWS Cloud. This whitepaper reveals how to best run Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on EC2 and discusses implementation choices to optimize for performance, durability, and security. It clearly enumerates how to take advantage of native Microsoft SQL Server features that provide scalability, high-availability, and fault-tolerance in the AWS Cloud environment. Download Whitepaper | September 2011 |
| Overview of Security Processes | This document is intended to answer questions such as “How does AWS help me ensure my data are secure?” Specifically, AWS physical and operational security processes are described for network and infrastructure under AWS’ management, as well as service-specific security implementations. Download Whitepaper | May 2011 |
| Storage Options in the AWS Cloud |
This whitepaper helps you understand the primary data storage options available with the AWS cloud computing platform. We provide an overview of each storage option, describe ideal usage scenarios, and examine other important cloud-specific characteristics such as elasticity and scalability. Download Whitepaper
The companion paper presents several storage use cases that show how to use multiple AWS cloud storage options together. Download Use Cases Paper |
December 2010 |
| Migrating your Existing Applications to the AWS Cloud (with 3 example scenarios) |
This set of whitepapers are targeted at architects and technical decision makers of enterprises looking to build a cloud migration strategy. The main whitepaper discusses a phase-driven step-by-step strategy for migrating applications to the cloud and three scenarios illustrate the step-by-step strategy for common use cases. Download Main Whitepaper
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October 2010 |
| Designing Fault-Tolerant Applications in the AWS Cloud | This whitepaper is ideal for those who would like to understand how to build fault-tolerant application on AWS. Download Whitepaper | June 2010 |
| Web Application Hosting: Best Practices | This whitepaper discusses Web application hosting solution in detail, including how each of the services can be used to create a highly available, scalable Web application. Download Whitepaper | June 2010 |
| Architecting for the AWS Cloud: Best Practices | This whitepaper paper provides prescriptive guidance to cloud architects so that they can build highly scalable and elastic applications optimized to run in AWS cloud. It discusses cloud concepts and highlights various design patterns and best practices. Download Whitepaper | May 2010 |
| Overview of Amazon Web Services | This whitepaper is targeted at CXO/Technical decision makers and provides overview of AWS and discusses factors that distinguish AWS: Elastic + Scalable, Flexible, Secure and Experienced. It’s perfect for those who want to understand the AWS perspective on Cloud Computing. Download Whitepaper | May 2010 |
| Using Windows ADFS for Single Sign-On to EC2 | This document provides step-by-step instructions for creating a test lab demonstrating identity federation between an on-premise Windows Server Active Directory domain and an ASP.NET web application hosted on EC2 service, using Microsoft’s Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) technology. Download Whitepaper | March 2010 |
| Extend Your IT Infrastructure with Amazon VPC | This whitepaper discusses scenarios for Amazon VPC. Download Whitepaper | January 2010 |
| AWS Security Best Practices | This is an excerpt from the Architecture paper. It is perfect for those who are concerned about Security and would like to know about our best practices. Download Whitepaper | December 2009 |
| The Economics of the AWS Cloud vs. Owned IT Infrastructure | This document presents a discussion of the costs of Amazon Web Services vs. traditional IT infrastructure alternatives, including comparative analysis of direct costs of ownership such as hardware costs and asset utilization, data redundancy and security, supply chain management, power and cooling efficiency, and personnel costs. Download Whitepaper | December 2009 |
| Creating HIPAA-Compliant Medical Data Applications With AWS | This paper briefly outlines how companies can use Amazon Web Services to power HIPAA-compliant information processing systems. Download Whitepaper | April 2009 |
| Cloud Architectures | This paper illustrates the style of building applications using services available in the Internet cloud. Download Whitepaper | July 2008 |
Solution Provider Whitepapers
The following is a list of whitepapers authored by solution providers:
| Title | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Providing SSO to Amazon EC2 Apps From an On-Premise Windows Domain | This is an overview paper written by a vendor and co-sponsored by AWS and Microsoft. Download Whitepaper | March 2010 |
| Oracle Database on Amazon EC2 | This guide provides information to help you get started with Oracle Database on Amazon EC2. Download Whitepaper | May 2009 |
Customer Whitepapers
The following is a list of whitepapers authored by AWS customers and community members:
| Title | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon’s Corporate IT Deploys SharePoint 2010 to the AWS Cloud | This paper describes how and why Amazon's corporate IT organization deployed its corporate intranet (an enterprise mission-critical corporate IT application that involves highly sensitive data) running Microsoft SharePoint 2010 to the AWS cloud. Download Whitepaper | September 2011 |
| Amazon's Corporate IT Migrates Business Process Management to the AWS Cloud | This paper describes how and why Amazon's corporate IT organization implemented its migration of Appian's Business Process Management Suite (an enterprise-class, mission-critical financial application) to the AWS cloud. Download Whitepaper | April 2011 |
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