AWS Data migration tools

Posted on by Osama Mustafa in AWS, Cloud

AWS offers a wide variety of services and Partner tools to help you migrate your data sets, whether they are files, databases, machine images, block volumes, or even tape backups.

AWS Storage Gateway

AWS Storage Gateway is a service that gives your applications seamless and secure integration between on-premises environments and AWS storage.

It provides you low-latency access to cloud data with a Storage Gateway appliance.

Storage Gateway types

Choose a Storage Gateway type that is the best fit for your workload.

  • Amazon s3 file Gateway
  • Amazon FSx file Gateway
  • Tape Gateway
  • Volume Gateway

The Storage Gateway Appliance supports the following protocols to connect to your local data:

  • NFS or SMB for files
  • iSCSI for volumes
  • iSCSI VTL for tapes

Your storage gateway appliance runs in one of four modes: Amazon S3 File Gateway, Amazon FSx File Gateway, Tape Gateway, or Volume Gateway.

Data moved to AWS using Storage Gateway can be sent to the following destinations through the Storage Gateway managed service:

  • Amazon S3 (Amazon S3 File Gateway, Tape Gateway)
  • Amazon S3 Glacier (Amazon S3 File Gateway, Tape Gateway)
  • Amazon FSx for Windows File Server (Amazon FSx File Gateway)
  • Amazon EBS (Volume Gateway)

AWS Datasync

Manual tasks related to data transfers can slow down migrations and burden IT operations. DataSync facilitates moving large amounts of data between on-premises storage and Amazon S3 and Amazon EFS, or FSx for Windows File Server. By default, data is encrypted in transit using Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2. DataSync automatically handles scripting copy jobs, scheduling and monitoring transfers, validating data, and optimizing network usage. 

Reduce on-premises storage infrastructure by shifting SMB-based data stores and content repositories from file servers and NAS arrays to Amazon S3 and Amazon EFS for analytics.

DataSync deploys as a single software agent that can connect to multiple shared file systems and run multiple tasks. The software agent is typically deployed on premises through a virtual machine to handle the transfer of data over the wide area network (WAN) to AWS. On the AWS side, the agent connects to the DataSync service infrastructure. Because DataSync is a service, there is no infrastructure for customers to set up or maintain in the cloud. DataSync configuration is managed directly from the console.

AWS Snow Family service models

The AWS Snow Family helps customers that need to run operations in austere, non-data center environments and in locations where there’s lack of consistent network connectivity. The AWS Snow Family, comprised of AWS Snowcone, AWS Snowball, and AWS Snowmobile, offers several physical devices and capacity points.

You can check my blog post here about the model https://osamaoracle.com/2023/01/28/aws-snow-family-members/

Regards

Osama

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Published by Osama Mustafa

Osama considered as one of the leaders in Cloud technology, DevOps and database in the Middle-East. I have more than ten years of experience within the industry. moreover, certfied 4x AWS , 4x Azure and 6x OCI, have also obtained database certifications for multiple providers. In addition to having experience with Oracle database and Oracle products, such as middle-ware, OID, OAM and OIM, I have gained substantial knowledge with different databases. Currently, I am architecting and implementing Cloud and DevOps. On top of that, I'm providing solutions for companies that allow them to implement the solutions and to follow the best practices.

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