AWS Storage Blog
Category: Announcements
Bringing more to the table: How Amazon S3 Tables rapidly delivered new capabilities in the first 5 months
Amazon S3 redefined data storage when it launched as the first generally available AWS service in 2006 to deliver highly reliable, durable, secure, low-latency storage with virtually unlimited scale. While designed to deliver simple storage, S3 has proven to be built to handle the explosive growth of data we have seen in the last 19 […]
Enhancing resource-level permissions for copying Amazon EBS snapshots
Businesses use Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots to capture point-in-time copies of application data volumes that can serve as baseline standards when creating new volumes. With snapshot copy, users are enabled to launch application workloads in different AWS Regions or meet data protection and disaster recovery requirements. Security and regulatory compliance remain top […]
Enhancing resource-level permission for creating an Amazon EBS volume from a snapshot
Businesses use Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots to capture point-in-time copies of application data volumes that can serve as baseline standards when creating new volumes. This enables them to quickly launch application workloads in different AWS Regions or meet data protection and disaster recovery requirements. Security and regulatory compliance remain top priorities as […]
Streamline search and item-level recovery with AWS Backup
UPDATE (4/29/25): Additional permissions beyond the AWS Backup default role are required to create Amazon EBS backup indexes and perform EBS file level restore. Instructions on ensuring you add the additional required permissions have been added to the post. Recovering data after a disaster or a ransomware incident headlines today’s news. But in the day-to-day, […]
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 […]
AWS Snow device updates
Since its launch in 2015, customers have used AWS Snow devices to move data to the AWS Cloud or run compute and processing workloads at the edge. Our innovations since have made moving data to AWS and running workloads at the edge, faster, more efficient, and more cost effective. During the same time, network bandwidth […]
Switch your file share access from Amazon FSx File Gateway to Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
Effective October 28, 2024, new customers will no longer be able to create a new Amazon FSx File Gateway (FSx File Gateway). If you would like to use the service, please create an FSx File Gateway prior to October 28, 2024. To begin using FSx File Gateway, customers can navigate to the Storage Gateway console in AWS […]
Building cyber resiliency with AWS Backup logically air-gapped vault
Enterprise users use AWS Backup for centralized data protection as part of a defense-in-depth architecture. Its features generally fulfill users’ data security and regulatory requirements, but there is demand for additional resiliency against ransomware incidents. Meeting the recovery objectives often involves creating multiple copies of data backups, developing and maintaining custom code for backup processes, […]
How to optimize querying your data in Amazon S3
After careful consideration, we have made the decision to close new customer access to Amazon S3 Select and Amazon S3 Glacier Select, effective July 25, 2024. Amazon S3 Select and Amazon S3 Glacier Select existing customers can continue to use the service as usual. AWS continues to invest in security and availability improvements for Amazon […]
Accelerate file workload performance with second-generation Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP file systems
Supporting file-based workloads with growing performance demands over time is a continuous challenge for organizations. As datasets expand, static infrastructure struggles to keep pace, resulting in disruptive migrations to new infrastructure. Organizations need highly scalable file storage that delivers speed at-scale today, while adapting seamlessly to future requirements. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP provides fully […]