AWS DataSync

• Online data transfer from on-prem to AWS

• Unstable internet connection

• Can be used even with loss of Internet access for brief time

  • If a task is interrupted, for instance, if the network connection goes down or the AWS DataSync agent is restarted, the next run of the task will transfer missing files, and the data will be complete and consistent at the end of this run.

• AWS DataSync is a secure, online service that automates and accelerates moving data between on premises and AWS storage services

• DataSync can copy data between

  • NFS, SMB, HDFS (Hadoop), EFS, FSx

  • self-managed object storage, AWS Snowcone, AWS S3,

• Migrate SMB/NFS from On-Prem to AWS than choice is AWS Datasync

• Use cases

  • Migrate your data to AWS, Move data between on-premises and AWS

  • Reduce on-premises storage costs by moving data directly to S3 Glacier

  • Replicate on your data into AWS S3