AWS Storage Blog

Organizations frequently upload compressed TAR files to Amazon S3 for efficient data transfer, but downstream applications often need extracted files for processing. Although AWS Glue excels at processing splittable files across worker nodes, TAR files need single-node processing, traditionally forcing teams to manually provision servers, monitor extraction jobs, and manage resource cleanup. This post demonstrates […]

Organizations of all sizes run their enterprise applications and databases in the cloud. These organizations may choose to run self-managed databases on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) rather than using the fully-managed Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) due to internal policies, Amazon RDS service maximums, and other reasons. When running self-managed databases in the cloud, there […]

As users progress in their cloud journey, they increasingly need robust storage options that integrate natively with containers to help them increase operational efficiency, improve performance, and reduce costs. Our users are finding that using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) meets this demand by using the Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver. In this post, […]

As enterprises scale their adoption of generative AI, one of the biggest technical challenges is connecting AI applications to the right data and making that data fast, accessible, and secure. AI agents are transforming industries through applications like customer support automation, personalized e-commerce recommendations, and research assistance in financial services and healthcare. These applications require […]

As applications scale, developers face a persistent challenge: analytical queries that slow down transactional databases, force them to copy data across multiple proprietary tools, and create disconnected data silos. For the 5 million developers building on Supabase, an open source Postgres development platform, this tension between operational and analytical workloads has become increasingly critical. The […]

Organizations face a critical challenge in data protection: how to retain ever-increasing volumes of backup data for extended periods while maintaining cost efficiency. Regulatory mandates, internal governance policies, and comprehensive disaster recovery strategies often necessitate preserving backups for months or even years. At the same time, the threat landscape continues to evolve, with sophisticated ransomware […]

TUI, Europe’s leading travel company, operates across 180 holiday destinations with development teams managing diverse Amazon Web Services (AWS) workloads across multiple accounts—from customer-facing applications to internal analytics platforms. The company processes millions of customer transactions daily, necessitating robust systems with reliable data protection and backup capabilities to ensure business continuity. As TUI’s cloud footprint […]

PingCAP is a global company focused on developing distributed, high-performance, and auto scaling relational databases. Its flagship product, TiDB, is a popular open source databases, and TiDB Cloud, a fully managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) based on TiDB, delivers horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability for high-performance applications. Many PingCAP customers run highly latency-sensitive workloads such […]

Starting on April 6, 2026, we will be changing how server-side encryption with customer-provided keys (SSE-C) is enabled for Amazon S3 buckets. With this change, SSE-C will be disabled by default on all new S3 general purpose buckets. Furthermore, SSE-C will also be disabled for all existing buckets in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Accounts that […]

Customers in regulated industries like Government, Financial Services, and Insurance need advanced data controls to meet legal, regulatory, and operational requirements for managing and governing their file data. In addition, customers with complex storage environments like large enterprises, System Integrator (SI) partners, and multi-tenant SaaS providers need streamlined ways to manage data and implement fine-grained […]