AWS Storage Blog
Category: Technical How-to
Mounting Amazon S3 to an Amazon EC2 instance using a private connection to S3 File Gateway
Customers rehosting applications in the cloud that deal with large files and unstructured data can benefit by utilizing object storage from a performance, scalability, and cost perspective, as compared to block or file storage. If a legacy or COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) application being migrated doesn’t inherently support object storage services like Amazon S3, it may be […]
Tracking AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery costs with AWS Cost Explorer and cost allocation tags
Organizing, forecasting, and understanding the costs of your disaster recovery (DR) solution is an important part of DR cost optimization and management. Without a breakdown of resource costs, these tasks can be challenging. Allocating tags to resources is a useful strategy to identify and group resources for cost estimation. However, this manual effort becomes more […]
Replicate and clone SAP HANA databases with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Customers have been running SAP HANA databases on AWS since 2012, when we announced SAP HANA One. Customers running SAP HANA on AWS often need to be able to perform routine maintenance tasks, such as creating backups and cloning production database volumes for upgrade and development testing. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, with the optional […]
Integrate an SAP ASE database to Amazon S3 using AWS Storage Gateway
Customers running workloads on an SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) database (previously known as Sybase ASE) regularly take database backups to meet their disaster recovery (DR) and data protection compliance. Critical workloads often require a longer database backup retention period due to regulatory requirements. Storing these database backup files on-premises involves higher capacity, increased cost, […]
Find out the size of your Amazon S3 buckets
Monitoring key storage metrics is an important part of most enterprise data governance strategies, for customers of any size. Data and analytics leaders also keenly focus on cost-optimized data management as they map out their organizations’ digital futures. A robust data management and monitoring strategy can unlock several advantages for customers laying the foundation for […]
Migrate Oracle databases to or within AWS using Amazon S3 integration with Oracle RMAN backups
When migrating to the cloud, customers generally take the opportunity to re-analyze their application and database workloads to optimize their move. Oracle databases are a popular database engine for on-premise infrastructures, but can often lead to increased total cost of ownership, with high upfront hardware costs and locked-in licensing periods. While planning their migration, customers […]
Optimize costs and speed up replication with AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
Maintaining application and data resilience can often be challenging. There is an ever-evolving risk landscape that includes ransomware attacks, natural disasters, user error, hardware faults, and more. Organizations understandably have a strong desire to ensure they can recover within appropriate timescales from an unforeseen disaster event that impacts their systems. In such cases, organizations seek […]
Audit your backup RPOs with AWS Backup Audit Manager
When designing a backup and recovery strategy, one important factor is aligning your application’s recovery point objectives (RPO) with your business continuity goals. The ability to continuously detect drifts in your RPOs, due to backup plan misconfigurations or job failures, and identifying non-compliant resources is a critical need for customers. In August 2021, AWS Backup […]
Backup and restore Amazon FSx for OpenZFS with AWS Backup
On May 17, 2022, AWS Backup announced support for Amazon FSx for OpenZFS, adding to the supported AWS services across compute, storage, and databases. Amazon FSx for OpenZFS customers can now leverage centralized, policy-based management of their data protection and compliance across multiple AWS services to simplify and scale their operations. FSx for OpenZFS snapshots […]
AWS Backup anomaly detection for Amazon EBS volumes
Protecting your data from cyberattacks and ransomware is a critical responsibility, and taking the necessary steps to detect anomalous activity at every level within your organization can help you keep your data as safe as possible. Data storage is an important area where you can and should deploy anomaly detection. To protect your storage, in […]