AWS Storage Gateway
File Gateway
NFS/SMB, over file protocol
Supports local (on-prem) caching
Amazon S3 File Gateway
Useful if you have application making use of EFS to gather and store the content and they may be processed by numerous Amazon EC2 Linux instances
data lakes, backups, and ML workflows.
Amazon FSx File Gateway
Volume Gateway
iSCSI block storage,
Hybrid cloud block storage
Supports local (on-prem) caching
Volume Gateway stores and manages on-premises data in Amazon S3 on your behalf
You can take point-in-time copies of your volumes (cached or stored) using AWS Backup
Cached Volume Gateway
Primary data is stored in Amazon S3
Frequently accessed data is retained locally (On-Prem) in the cache for low latency access
Stored Volume Gateway
Primary data is stored locally
Entire dataset is available for low latency access on premises while also asynchronously getting backed up to Amazon S3
Tape Gateway
iSCSI VTL
Replacement for your on-prem physical tapes, without changing existing backup workflows
Supports local (on-prem) caching, Caches virtual tapes on premises for low-latency data access
Encrypts data between the gateway and AWS for secure data transfer,
transitions virtual tapes between Amazon S3 and Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval, or Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive, to minimize storage costs