AWS Storage Blog
Category: Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
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 […]
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 […]
How DXC creates application consistent EBS Snapshots for Linux
Large enterprises run mission critical applications on AWS. These applications can have hundreds of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances. Backing up Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes is a requirement for these applications for use cases such as disaster recovery, application recovery, rollback, compliance and audit. Stringent data consistency and integrity are […]
How Teradata improved system availability using Amazon EBS Multi-Attach NVMe reservations
Teradata, an AWS Partner, is a leading cloud data analytics provider with two high performance data processing and analytics solutions: VantageCloud Enterprise and VantageCloud Lake. These Teradata solutions are backed by a Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) database and a shared-nothing architecture where each node operates independently with dedicated resources such as CPU, memory, and storage. […]
Application-consistent backup for Windows application on Amazon EC2 with AWS Backup
Many users rely on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes to run their business critical Microsoft Windows-based workloads on AWS. These critical applications often span across multiple EBS volumes attached to EC2 instances. To make sure of the integrity and recovery of such vital workloads, users […]
Global fashion e-commerce retailer shortens SQL query time by 30% using Amazon EBS io2 Block Express
A top global e-commerce retailer employs the concept of on-demand manufacturing to deliver a wide variety of affordable fashion apparel products to customers around the world. It serves end users globally with a mobile app and website for ordering, payment, and delivery. To improve the performance, resilience, flexibility, and scalability of its systems, the retailer […]
Automating application-consistent Amazon EBS Snapshots for InterSystems IRIS databases
InterSystems, an AWS Partner Network (APN) partner, provides a cloud-based data platform optimized for high-throughput applications that must simultaneously process transactions and a range of analytics, including analytic SQL, business rules, and machine learning. Users use the InterSystems IRIS Data Platform to rapidly develop and deploy critical applications. InterSystems recommends that users consider several backup […]
Effectively track AWS data transfer costs for cross-region Amazon EBS Snapshot Copy
To safeguard data against natural disasters and ransomware attacks, many AWS users opt to protect their data by creating snapshots and replicating them to different AWS Regions. It is crucial for these users to monitor snapshots and associated data transfers for inter-regional costs, allowing them to provide accurate chargebacks to both internal and external stakeholders. […]
How BMW Group optimizes software builds using AWS VM Import/Export and Amazon EBS Snapshot Copy
The BMW Group (BMW) is a global manufacturer of premium automobiles and motorcycles, covering the brands BMW, BMW Motorrad, MINI, and Rolls-Royce. Since 2022, BMW has started using AWS to scale its capacity to handle vast increases in needed compute and storage capacity to build and test automated driving features, such as adaptive cruise control, […]
Marqeta supercharges MySQL workloads using Amazon EBS io2 Block Express
Given the ubiquity of digital payments, cutting-edge fintech solutions hinge on seamless and highly available real-time transaction processing. Invariably, this needs the support of a performant, reliable, and secure datastore. And after considering technical requirements, fintech companies know that regulatory and compliance auditing never takes a back seat. Enterprise AWS customer Marqeta needed all of […]