What is S3 Object Storage?
Everything you need to know about Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Simple Storage Service, best known as “S3”. We explore the key components of S3 object storage, use cases, resources and more. How does S3 Object Storage work? S3 object storage operates on a simple yet powerful architecture that revolves around buckets, keys, and AWS regions.…
Reduce Your S3 Storage Costs: Find the Right Storage Class for the Job
This blog post was updated to reflect S3 price model changes announced on AWS Storage Day 2021. Amazon S3 is a cloud storage service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), designed for storing objects such as images, audio, videos, documents, and backups. S3 offers a range of storage classes that you can choose from based…
Carlyle Group’s Secure Cloud Transition with CTERA and AWS
Late last month we had the pleasure of co-hosting a webinar with our friends at AWS that focused on our joint deployment with The Carlyle Group. Carlyle, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, uses CTERA and AWS for secure cloud-enabled file sharing and collaboration across offices and users, as well as for business…
AWS S3 Infrequent Access vs Azure Cool Blob Storage Comparison
Examining lower-frequency-access cloud storage tiers A new tier of object storage that is particularly useful for data protection is now available on both AWS and Azure: AWS S3 Infrequent Access (“S3-IA”) and Azure Cool Blob Storage (“CBS”). Since CTERA backs-up cloud servers, on-prem servers, and other endpoints to object storage as a native target, we are offering up a comparison of…