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Amazon EBS Multi-Attach

2023-02-22T14:28:05+00:00

Amazon Elastic Block Store or EBS is a durable block-based storage device that can be attached to your EC2 instance. AWS released a feature called Multi-Attach, which allows EC2 instances to share a single EBS volume for up to 16 instances and provide higher availability of your applications for Linux workloads. Each instance to which the volume is attached has full read and write permissions to the volume. The following are several considerations and limitations in using the Multi-Attach feature: Multi-Attach enabled volumes do not support I/O fencing. I/O fencing protocols control write access in a shared storage environment to [...]

Amazon EBS Multi-Attach2023-02-22T14:28:05+00:00

Amazon S3 Access Points

2023-06-03T05:09:17+00:00

Managing access to your S3 buckets should be pretty easy using Amazon S3’s bucket policy. But as the number of your users and data grows, this easily becomes a complicated task. Provisioning access policies (who and where to access these objects) to these users could be a messy thing to do. AWS added this feature called Access Points on S3 to resolve this current problem. Access Points can simplify things in terms of provisioning access to different users. With this feature, each user can have a dedicated access point on a bucket and each of these access points has its [...]

Amazon S3 Access Points2023-06-03T05:09:17+00:00

Amazon S3 Event Notifications

2023-02-22T14:35:34+00:00

With Amazon S3 being virtually unlimited in size, it's quite a challenge to keep everything monitored, especially when you are dealing with a large number of objects that scales up from time to time. With Amazon S3 Event Notifications, you’ll be able to immediately know when an object in your bucket was created, removed, or restored. This feature lets you get notifications whenever an event happens on your S3 bucket. These notifications can then be forwarded to an Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topic, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) queue, and AWS Lambda function. The S3 Event Notification [...]

Amazon S3 Event Notifications2023-02-22T14:35:34+00:00

Amazon FSx

2023-06-23T05:59:41+00:00

Bookmarks Common Use Cases Storage Migration Limits Security Pricing Amazon FSx Cheat Sheet Amazon FSx is a fully managed third-party file system solution. It uses SSD storage to provide fast performance with low latency. There are four available FSx solutions available in AWS: Amazon FSx for Windows File Server A fully managed native Microsoft Windows file system with full support for the SMB protocol, Windows NTFS, and Microsoft Active Directory (AD) integration. How It Works Common Use Cases  File systems that is accessible by multiple users, and can establish permissions at [...]

Amazon FSx2023-06-23T05:59:41+00:00

AWS Snowmobile

2023-05-30T03:32:50+00:00

AWS Snowmobile Cheat Sheet An exabyte-scale data transfer service used to move extremely large amounts of data to AWS. You can transfer up to 100PB per Snowmobile. Snowmobile will be returned to your designated AWS region where your data will be uploaded into the AWS storage services you have selected, such as S3 or Glacier. Snowmobile uses multiple layers of security to help protect your data including dedicated security personnel: GPS tracking, alarm monitoring 24/7 video surveillance an optional escort security vehicle while in transit All data is encrypted with 256-bit encryption keys you manage through the AWS Key Management [...]

AWS Snowmobile2023-05-30T03:32:50+00:00

AWS Snowball Edge

2024-01-18T07:16:11+00:00

Bookmarks Features Snowball vs Snowball Edge Job Types Recommendations Security Pricing Limits AWS Snowball Edge Cheat Sheet A type of Snowball device with on-board storage and compute power for select AWS capabilities. It can undertake local processing and edge-computing workloads in addition to transferring data between your local environment and the AWS Cloud. Has on-board S3-compatible storage and compute to support running Lambda functions and EC2 instances. Options for device configurations Storage optimized - this option has the most storage capacity at up to 80 TB of useable storage space, [...]

AWS Snowball Edge2024-01-18T07:16:11+00:00

Amazon Redshift

2023-10-03T06:19:30+00:00

Bookmarks Components Database Querying Options Enhanced VPC Routing Redshift Spectrum RedShift Streaming Ingestion Redshift ML Redshift Data Sharing Redshift Cross-Database Query Cluster Snaphots Monitoring Security Pricing Validate Your Knowledge Amazon Redshift Cheat Sheet A fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service. Redshift extends data warehouse queries to your data lake. You can run analytic queries against petabytes of data stored locally in Redshift, and directly against exabytes of data stored in S3. RedShift is an OLAP type of DB. Currently, Redshift only supports Single-AZ deployments. [...]

Amazon Redshift2023-10-03T06:19:30+00:00

AWS Storage Gateway

2024-02-24T01:51:19+00:00

Bookmarks Storage Solutions Security Compliance Pricing Validate Your Knowledge AWS Storage Gateway Cheat Sheet The service enables hybrid storage between on-premises environments and the AWS Cloud. It integrates on-premises enterprise applications and workflows with Amazon’s block and object cloud storage services through industry standard storage protocols. The service stores files as native S3 objects, archives virtual tapes in Amazon Glacier, and stores EBS Snapshots generated by the Volume Gateway with Amazon EBS. Storage Solutions File Gateway - supports a file interface into S3 and combines a service and a virtual software appliance. [...]

AWS Storage Gateway2024-02-24T01:51:19+00:00

Amazon S3 Glacier

2024-02-14T03:47:50+00:00

Bookmarks Data Model Glacier Operations Vaults Archives Glacier Select Glacier Data Retrival Policies Security Pricing Limits Other Amazon Glacier Related Cheat Sheets Validate Your Knowledge Amazon S3 Glacier Cheat Sheet Long-term archival solution optimized for infrequently used data, or "cold data." Glacier is a REST-based web service. You can store an unlimited number of archives and an unlimited amount of data. You cannot specify Glacier as the storage class at the time you create an object. It is designed to provide an average annual durability of [...]

Amazon S3 Glacier2024-02-14T03:47:50+00:00

Amazon EFS

2023-06-30T05:40:02+00:00

Bookmarks Features Performance Modes Throughput Modes Mount Targets Access Points Components of a File System Data Consistency in EFS Managing File Systems Mounting File Systems Lifecycle Management Monitoring File Systems Security Pricing EFS vs EBS vs S3 Other Amazon EFS-related Cheat Sheets Validate Your Knowledge Amazon EFS Cheat Sheet  A fully-managed file storage service that makes it easy to set up and scale file storage in the Amazon Cloud. Features The service manages all the file storage infrastructure for you, avoiding [...]

Amazon EFS2023-06-30T05:40:02+00:00

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