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Uncover new performance insights using Amazon EBS detailed performance statistics

As businesses increasingly rely on latency-sensitive applications for mission-critical workloads, the need to understand performance across the entire technology stack is essential to swiftly resolve performance bottlenecks that could affect application efficiency. Given that storage performance and stability directly impact application efficiency, reliability, scalability, and user experience, it is paramount for organizations to have the […]

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Enhance resource selection in AWS Backup Policies in AWS Organizations

In today’s digital landscape, businesses rely on consistent and secure backups for data protection and disaster recovery (DR). A centralized backup policy enables organizations to enforce uniform data protection standards across departments and workloads, helping to maintain compliance and minimize risks. In the cloud, organizations use backup policies to manage data protection from a central […]

Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Seamless migration from any VMware environment to Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP and Amazon EC2

Over the last 20+ years, commercially available compute virtualization solutions such as VMware have become powerful tools used to lower costs, improve efficiency, ease management tasks, and improve on-premises flexibility. Over time, most cloud providers have added advanced storage, efficiency, and management capabilities to their hypervisors that match or exceed those available to traditional on-premises […]

Modernizing on-premises applications using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service and Amazon Elastic File System

Modern applications are expected to be available every minute of every day. Achieving the highest levels of availability requires more than setting up redundant hardware, networking, power, and other infrastructure components. You need to architect from the ground up to ensure availability in the event of natural disasters and technology failures. On-premises, this involves setting […]

Amazon S3 Glacier Storage Classes

Analyze access patterns and use the most cost-effective Amazon S3 storage class

Businesses that use data lakes, machine learning (ML), and analytics need scalable data storage. However, not all stored data is accessed equally. Some portions of data may be accessed often, while whereas other portions of data are rarely accessed. Modern cloud storage allows users to move infrequently used, cold data to lower-cost storage classes. This […]

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Protecting your critical Amazon EBS volumes using AWS Backup

Enterprises use block storage such as Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) for mission-critical workloads because it provides high performance, low latency, and reliable data access needed for demanding applications like databases, ERP systems, and real-time analytics. As EBS volumes often contain critical application data, configurations, or operating system files, backing up and restoring these […]

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How Aura improves database performance using Amazon S3 Express One Zone for caching

Aura created a whole new kind of connected photo frame by making it social. Powered by an invite-only group of friends and family using the Aura app, Aura frames create a space at home to share, collect, and appreciate photos. Users can easily add photos and videos using the app, and enjoy their Wi-Fi connected […]

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Lyrebird improves performance and reduces costs for generative AI workloads using Amazon S3 Express One Zone

Through accessible mobile apps, Lyrebird Studio aims to transform photography into a creative tool for everyone. Founded in 2011, the company is a leading global developer and software publisher for users who enjoy expressing themselves and creating social content. To give millions of users a responsive experience with minimal downtime, Lyrebird Studio needs its data […]

Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Automate monitoring at scale for Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP volumes

User files are increasingly growing in number and size. Maintaining and managing file growth can be challenging without an effective set of tools and automation that scales with your data growth. Customers agree that visibility is key for managing existing files and for developing a plan to support future growth. Amazon CloudWatch is a service […]

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Restrict access to your Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP volumes using export policies

Users who support multi-tenant environments need shared storage platforms that can securely isolate data between clients. For example, imagine a pharmaceutical company with several divisions, each working on different product lines. Storage administrators need to prevent one division from viewing or accessing the files and data from the projects of the others. They use export […]