Summary
In this chapter, we have discussed the different data storage options available on AWS, along with their main features and capabilities. We have introduced Amazon S3 – a highly scalable and reliable object storage service, Amazon EFS – a shared file system for EC2 instances, Amazon EBS – block storage for EC2 instances, and the Amazon FSx family of file systems. We have also talked about the data protection and governance capabilities of these services and how they integrate with various other data protection, access management, encryption, logging, and monitoring services. We have also explored the various tiers of storage available for Amazon S3 and Amazon EFS and how we can use these tiers to optimize cost for our use cases. Finally, we have discussed a few examples of when to use which data storage service for high-performance compute applications.
Now that we have a good understanding of various AWS data storage services, we are ready to move on...