AWS Storage Gateway

What is AWS Storage Gateway?

AWS Storage Gateway is a hybrid cloud storage solution that enables on-premise application solutions to access cloud storage resources. As a cloud gateway, AWS Storage Gateway can provide unlimited cloud storage in order to simplify storage management and reduce the costs of cloud storage solutions. AWS Storage Gateway provides capabilities for on-premise applications such as secure data transfer, low-latency access to data with caching, high availability on VMware, standard storage protocols, and more The AWS Storage Gateway is a service connecting an on-premises software appliance with cloud-based storage. Once the AWS Storage Gateway's software appliance is installed on a local host, you can mount Storage Gateway volumes to your on-premises application servers as iSCSI devices, enabling a wide variety of systems and applications to make use of them. Data written to these volumes is maintained on your on-premises storage hardware while being asynchronously backed up to AWS, where it is stored in Amazon Glacier or in Amazon S3 in the form of Amazon EBS snapshots. Snapshots are encrypted to make sure that customers do not have to worry about encrypting sensitive data themselves. When customers need to retrieve data, they can restore snapshots locally, or create Amazon EBS volumes from snapshots for use with applications running in Amazon EC2. It provides low-latency performance by maintaining frequently accessed data on-premises while securely storing all of your data encrypted. AWS Storage Gateway is a tool in the Data Backup category of a tech stack

Highlights

• Provides unlimited cloud storage to simplify storage management and reduce costs
• Enables secure data transfer and low-latency access to data with caching
• Supports high availability on VMware and standard storage protocols
• Connects on-premises software appliance with cloud-based storage
• Mounts Storage Gateway volumes as iSCSI devices for on-premises applications
• Maintains data on-premises while asynchronously backing up to AWS Glacier or S3
• Encrypts snapshots to protect sensitive data
• Allows restoration of snapshots locally or creation of Amazon EBS volumes