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Scheduling automated backups using Amazon EFS and AWS Backup

Using a shared file system is an important component for many computing infrastructures. For Linux systems, this is typically done using a network file system (NFS) and mounting it from the Linux hosts. Users can store data in their home directories and can share data with other users across the file system. Amazon Elastic File […]

Welcome to the final day of AWS re:Invent 2019

UPDATE: The AWS re:Invent links in this post are outdated. Please visit the AWS Events channel on YouTube for a complete on-demand playlist of AWS Storage sessions at AWS re:Invent 2019. Please double-check the AWS re:Invent event catalog to confirm the date, time, and venue for your session. Remember, this is not an exhaustive list! Check out […]

Welcome to day 4 of AWS re:Invent 2019

UPDATE: The AWS re:Invent links in this post are outdated. Please visit the AWS Events channel on YouTube for a complete on-demand playlist of AWS Storage sessions at AWS re:Invent 2019. Please double-check the AWS re:Invent event catalog to confirm the date, time, and venue for your session. Remember, this is not an exhaustive list! Check out […]

Hurricane Dorian disaster response in the Bahamas using AWS Snowball Edge

Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas on September 1, 2019. The Category 5 storm set the record for the worst natural disaster to ever impact the island nation. It became one of the two most powerful storms to ever make landfall from the Atlantic Ocean. During a disaster of this magnitude it is the responsibility of […]

Welcome to day 3 of AWS re:Invent 2019

UPDATE: The AWS re:Invent links in this post are outdated. Please visit the AWS Events channel on YouTube for a complete on-demand playlist of AWS Storage sessions at AWS re:Invent 2019. Please double-check the AWS re:Invent event catalog to confirm the date, time, and venue for your session. Remember, this is not an exhaustive list! Check out […]

Welcome to day 2 of AWS re:Invent 2019

UPDATE: The AWS re:Invent links in this post are outdated. Please visit the AWS Events channel on YouTube for a complete on-demand playlist of AWS Storage sessions at AWS re:Invent 2019. Please double-check the AWS re:Invent event catalog to confirm the date, time, and venue for your session. Remember, this is not an exhaustive list! Check out […]

Access Analyzer for Amazon S3

Monitor, review, and protect Amazon S3 buckets using Access Analyzer for S3

At AWS, Security is more than just features – it’s a mindset. Today, we announced Access Analyzer for S3, a new feature that monitors your resource policies so you don’t have to. By default, all buckets and objects created in S3 are private. AWS enables you with mechanisms like Access Control Lists (ACLs) and Bucket […]

Welcome to day 1 of AWS re:Invent 2019

UPDATE: The AWS re:Invent links in this post are outdated. Please visit the AWS Events channel on YouTube for a complete on-demand playlist of AWS Storage sessions at AWS re:Invent 2019. Please double-check the AWS re:Invent event catalog to confirm the date, time, and venue for your session. Remember, this is not an exhaustive list! Check out […]

A guide to hybrid cloud storage, edge computing, and data transfer sessions at AWS re:Invent 2019

UPDATE: The AWS re:Invent links in this post are outdated. Please visit the AWS Events channel on YouTube for a complete on-demand playlist of AWS Storage sessions at AWS re:Invent 2019. In one of our recent AWS Storage blog posts, we shared an all-in storage guide for re:Invent so you can maximize your time at the […]

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Use cases for 7-day Amazon EFS Infrequent Access

Recently, Amazon EFS announced general availability of a new policy for Lifecycle Management, which moves files into the EFS Infrequent Access storage class (EFS IA) after 7 days of not being accessed. If you’ve been following along on the Storage blog, you may already know that tens of thousands of customers are storing petabytes of […]