Storage Options in the Cloud Whitepaper

Question 1

AWS Import / Export overview

Answer 1

Accelerates moving large amounts of data in/out of AWS using portable storage devices for transport

Uses AWS internal network
Avoids internet

For large datasets, usually faster than internet transfer and cheaper than upgrading your connectivity

Pay for what you use
per device fee
load fee
return shipping charge

Question 2

Storage Gateway

Answer 2

connects local software appliance with cloud storage to provide seamless integration to AWS storage

Downloadable VM

Gateway cached or gateway-stored volumes

Question 3

Gateway cached volumes

Answer 3

use S3 as primary data source
caches frequently accessed data locally

minimize need to scale local storage

Storage volumes up to 32 Tb
Mount volumes as iSCSI

Question 4

Gateway stored volumes

Answer 4

Store primary data locally and asynchronously backs it up to AWS as EBS snapshots

Gives low-latency access to data and gives durable off-site backups

Volumes up to 1TB
Mounted as iSCSI

Question 5

Storage Gateway pricing

Answer 5

pay for what you use

gateway usage (per gateway month)
snapshot storage (per Gb month)
volume storage usage (per Gb month)
data transfer out (per Gb month)