AWS Storage Blog
Author: Jeff Bartley
Jeff is a Principal Product Manager on the AWS DataSync team. He enjoys helping customers tackle their biggest data challenges through cloud-scale architectures. A native of Southern California, Jeff loves to get outdoors whenever he can.
Simplify and accelerate your data migration using AWS DataSync Discovery
UPDATE (7/22/2025): On May 20, 2025 AWS DataSync Discovery reached its end of support date, and can no longer be accessed. See the AWS Product Lifecycle page or the AWS service changes page for more details. Migrating your on-premises data to the cloud can be intimidating at first, particularly when you are working with large […]
Automate online data transfers with AWS DataSync and AWS CloudFormation
Many of our customers are using AWS DataSync to quickly and securely transfer their data between on-premises storage and AWS Storage services, in addition to between AWS Storage services. Customers are using DataSync to migrate their data into AWS, archive cold data to reduce their on-premises storage footprint, replicate data for business continuity, or transfer data for […]
AWS re:Invent recap: Quick and secure data migrations using AWS DataSync
I work with a lot of customers that are at different stages in their cloud journey. Some customers are just starting out, and looking for ways to take advantage of cloud scale and economics. Others have been running on AWS for years, and are looking to optimize their processes and workflows. There are also those […]
Easily store your SQL Server backups in Amazon S3 using File Gateway
Last year, we published a blog showing you how to set up AWS Storage Gateway to store SQL Server backups in Amazon S3, using cloud-backed Server Message Block (SMB) shares on File Gateway. Customers with growing on-premises backup costs and increasing operational overhead have used this solution to store their SQL Server backups durably and […]
Protect your file and backup archives using AWS DataSync and Amazon S3 Glacier
As the amount of data being generated on-premises continues to grow, so does the demand for more storage to house file and backup archives. If you follow common backup methodologies and have multiple backups in different locations, then you likely have a lot of cold data sitting on-premises in disk storage or in physical tape […]
Deploy a highly available AWS Storage Gateway on a VMware vSphere cluster
Tens of thousands of customers are using AWS Storage Gateway today for business-critical applications. By providing common storage protocols such as iSCSI, NFS, SMB, and iSCSI VTL, Storage Gateway makes it easy for customers to continue using their existing applications while taking advantage of virtually unlimited cloud storage. Customers use Storage Gateway to simplify storage […]