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