AWS Storage Gateway

08 Jul 2024 - Shyam Mohan

What is the AWS Storage Gateway?

AWS Storage Gateway is a hybrid cloud storage service that allows youron-premise storage & IT infrastructure to seamlessly integrate with AWS Cloud Storage Services. It Can be AWS Provided Hardware or Compatible Virtual Machine.

Purpose of Using AWS Storage Gateway(hybrid Cloud Storage) :

● To Fulfill Licencing Requirements.

● To Achieve Data-Compliance Requirements.

● To Reduce Storage & Management Cost.

● For Easy and Effective Application Storage-Lifecycle & Backup Automation.

● For Hybrid Cloud & Easy Cloud Migration.

Volume Gateway (iSCSI)

● To Access Virtual Block-Level Storage Stored on-premise

● It can be asynchronously backed up and stored as a snapshot on AWS S3 for high reliability & durability.

○ Storage Volume Gateway: All Applications Data Stored on-premise and the only backup is stored on AWS S3.

Cache Volume Gateway: Only Hot Data / Cached data is Stored on-premise and all other application data is stored on AWS S3.

File Gateway (NFSv4 / SMB)

● To Access Object-based Storage ( AWS S3 Service )

● Supports NFS Mount Point for accessing S3 Storage to the local system as Virtual

Local File System

● Leverage the benefits of AWS S3 Storage Service

Tape Gateway (VTL)

● It is virtual local tape storage.

● It uses the Virtual Tape Library(VTL) by iSCSI protocol.

● It is cost-effective archive storage (AWS S3) for cloud backup.

Features of AWS Storage Gateway

● Cost-Effective Storage Management

● To achieve Low Latency on-premise.

● Greater Control over Data still take advantage of the cloud (Hybrid Cloud)

● Compatible and Compliance

● To meets license requirement

● Supports both hardware and software gateway

● Easy on-premise to Cloud Migrations

● Standard Protocol for storage access like NFS/SMB/iSCSI

Use Cases:

● Cost-Effective Backups and Disaster Recovery Management

● Migration to/from Cloud

● Managed Cache: Integration of Local(on-premises) Storage to Cloud Storage (Hybrid Cloud)

● To Achieve Low Latency by storing data on-premise and still leverage cloud benefits

Pricing :

● Charges are applied on what you use with the AWS Storage Gateway and based on the type and amount of storage you use.