Transfer the Lage data from On-premises to S3

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Hi Team,
We currently have 80TB of data in On-premises that needs to be stored in AWS S3, and we are looking to do this at the most economical rate possible.
Recommendations on the best pricing plans or storage classes (e.g., S3 Standard, S3 Intelligent-Tiering, S3 Glacier) to minimize costs while ensuring efficient data retrieval and durability.
Step-by-step guidance on transferring our data from our current storage infrastructure to an S3 bucket.

Didier Durand · Answer

Hi,

For large-scale data transfer from on-prem to AWS Cloud, AWS Snowball is very often a valid option: https://aws.amazon.com/snowball/. Otherwise, over-the-wire transfer via DataSync is usually the way to go.

You volume of data is intermediate: so, both options may be possible. Over-the-wire will heavily depend on the speed of your connectivity to the the Internet / AWS network.

Re costs when on AWS cloud, it is very much dependent on your various use cases.  But, you can get inspired by:
* https://aws.amazon.com/s3/cost-optimization/
* https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/s3-cost-optimization/
* https://altconsole.com/best-practices-tips-to-reduce-aws-s3-costs
* etc.

You may also want to study the Cost-Optimization pillar of the Well-Architected Framework: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/framework/welcome.html

Best,

Didier

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