Amazon Web Services has recently announced the launch of a tidy looking new tool – the Import/Export service, which in essence allows clients to move large quantities of data from their own servers to Amazon’s buckets (and vice versa) without having to do it over the internet (portable storage devices are instead employed). The service is out of limited beta and is currently available only for US users – with full global launch expected soon.
Ultimately the concept is a fairly simple, but very essential, one which looks set to greatly improve the data migration, data backup, and disaster recovery potential offered by AWS and importantly – to do so at a cost which represents good scalable value regard less of the size of business (or more accurately, quantity of data) in question. For example users with a T1 connection would find the Import/Export service cost effective when transferring 100Gb or more, while for a T3 the tipping point is at 2Tb or more, and so on.
With EtonDIGITAL recently announced as one the inaugural members of the AWS solution providers, we are delighted to see the addition and expansion of this service, and look forward to working with it in the future. Nice work once again from the AWS team!
Dejan Levi