A gaming company needs Lustre-compatible shared storage accessible from on-premises servers. This drill dissects why FSx for Lustre beats Storage Gateway and EFS, and why understanding protocol-service alignment is critical for the SAA-C03 exam.
Moving 70TB of legacy video content to S3: Why physical data transport beats network transfer for one-time bulk migrations, and how to quantify the decision.
A media production company needs to synchronize 5 GB of daily Windows file data from on-premises to AWS over Direct Connect. This drill analyzes the strategic decision between AWS DataSync, Storage Gateway, and the critical FSx vs. EFS choice for Windows workloads.
Analyzing the decision matrix for replacing always-on shared file systems with ephemeral high-performance storage solutions for monthly batch workloads, focusing on FSx for Lustre lazy load vs. bulk load strategies and FinOps impact.
Analyzing how to extend on-premises SMB file storage to AWS while maintaining low-latency access to recent files and implementing automated lifecycle management to control growing storage costs.