AWS Snowball is a physical data transport solution provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables the secure and efficient transfer of large amounts of data into and out of AWS. Snowball devices are rugged, tamper-evident, and purpose-built for data transfer, allowing you to move petabytes of data to the cloud without the constraints of […]
What is Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)?
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) is a service provided by AWS that allows you to create a logically isolated virtual network in the AWS cloud. You can configure and manage this virtual network to closely resemble a traditional on-premises data center network, with the added flexibility and scalability of the cloud. Amazon VPC […]
What is AWS Storage Gateway?
AWS Storage Gateway is a hybrid cloud storage service that enables on-premises applications to seamlessly use AWS cloud storage. It allows you to connect your on-premises infrastructure to Amazon’s cloud storage, providing scalable and secure storage options while maintaining local access to your data. Storage Gateway is designed to support workloads that require low-latency access […]
Amazon S3 – Lifecycle Management
Amazon S3 Lifecycle Management is a feature that helps you manage your objects in Amazon S3 storage efficiently and cost-effectively throughout their lifecycle. With S3 Lifecycle Management, you can define policies that automatically transition objects between different storage classes, archive them to Amazon S3 Glacier, or delete them after a specified period. This allows you […]
How is Amazon EFS Different Than Amazon EBS?
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) and Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) are both storage services provided by AWS, but they are designed for different use cases and have distinct characteristics. Here’s a detailed comparison to help you understand the differences between Amazon EFS and Amazon EBS: 1. Storage Type Amazon EFS: Type: File Storage Description: […]
How is Amazon EFS Different Than Amazon S3?
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) are both cloud-based storage services offered by AWS, but they are designed to serve different purposes and have distinct characteristics. Here’s a detailed comparison to help you understand the differences between Amazon EFS and Amazon S3: 1. Storage Type Amazon EFS: Type: File Storage […]
What is Amazon SQS?
Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It enables you to decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications by allowing components to communicate asynchronously through message passing. With Amazon SQS, you can send, store, and receive messages between software components at […]
What is Amazon EFS (Elastic File System)?
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) is a scalable, fully managed file storage service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that is designed to be simple and cost-effective. EFS is built to provide elastic file storage that can be shared across multiple Amazon EC2 instances, allowing users to create and configure file systems quickly and without […]
How to Delete AWS Snapshot?
To delete an AWS EBS snapshot, you can do this through the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or AWS SDK. Below is a step-by-step guide for deleting a snapshot using the AWS Management Console as well as the AWS CLI. Deleting an AWS Snapshot Using the AWS Management Console Step 1: Sign in to the […]
What is Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) is a scalable and high-performance block storage service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is designed to be used with Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances, providing persistent storage that can be attached to and detached from EC2 instances independently. EBS volumes behave like physical hard drives but are […]