AWS Storage Blog
Category: Amazon EC2
How Uniphore achieved 30% cost savings by modernizing Windows servers on AWS
Uniphore is the first built-for-scale, AI-native company that infuses AI into every part of the enterprise experience. Uniphore’s enterprise-class multimodal AI and data platform unifies all elements of voice, video, text, and data by using generative AI, Knowledge AI, Emotion AI, and workflow automation together as trusted co-pilot. Uniphore was running one of their core […]
Query Amazon S3 Tables from open source Trino using Apache Iceberg REST endpoint
Organizations are increasingly focused on addressing the growing challenge of managing and analyzing vast data volumes, while making sure that their data teams have timely access to this data to enable rapid insights and decision-making. Data analysts and scientists need self-service analytics capabilities to build and maintain data products, often involving complex transformations and frequent […]
SAN boot your Amazon EC2 enterprise environments from Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Traditionally, many enterprises and organizations with on-premises infrastructure have used boot-from-SAN (Storage Area Network) rather than using locally attached storage. Booting from SAN offers centralized management and backup of boot volumes, supports high availability through multipathing, and enables greater flexibility by allowing systems to boot from pre-configured OS images hosted on a shared storage array […]
Enable item-level search and recovery for Amazon EC2 with AWS Backup
Users often use backups to help recover data after a disaster or security incident. However, what is often overlooked is the need to restore data due to an operational incident such as a data corruption event or deleted file. The ability to identify files and directories within a backup and restore them is an important […]
Best practice configuration of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP for Microsoft SQL Server workloads
When it comes to running enterprise workloads, Microsoft SQL Server sits at the heart of many of these solutions providing the data needed to drive important business decisions. However, what is often not considered is the storage service underpinning the delivery of that critical data, and with the right tools and management applied, how that […]
How to consume tabular data from Amazon S3 Tables for insights and business reporting
When was the last time you found yourself trying to look at rows and rows of data in a spreadsheet struggling to interpret and draw conclusions? Many analysts and engineers experience the same challenge every day. Whether it’s analyzing sales trends, monitoring operational metrics, or understanding customer behavior, the challenge lies not just in interpreting […]
Expedite VMware migration to Amazon EC2 and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP using the BlueXP workload factory migration advisor
Over the past two decades, virtualization, specifically VMware was the key technology trend that has helped organizations reduce costs, improve operational efficiency, and simplify infrastructure management. However, the technology landscape is rapidly evolving. Cloud service providers now offer advanced hypervisor capabilities that match or exceed traditional on-premises virtualization solutions, while providing seamless integration with a […]
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 […]
Migrating files to Amazon FSx for Windows File Server using Robocopy
When migrating file shares to AWS, users need a direct and efficient solution for transferring their data. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server provides fully managed shared storage built on Windows Server, and delivers a wide range of data access, data management, and administrative capabilities. There are a few different choices for migration. AWS DataSync […]
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 […]