Got rid of storage racks … , your solution to almost every storage issue is here just click to know more ….

Prasanjit Pattanaik
9 min readApr 15, 2020
  • Are you working with the collection of huge sets of data?
  • Are you also struggling with your own storage racks to store a huge amount of upcoming data?
  • Have you purchased a huge set of storage racks and now they are not in use up to the level (Wastage of resources 😫 )?
  • Want to store some very old and currently unused data (As you don’t want to lose them ) but you can not store as your current work is utilizing all your resources?
  • Do you want to reduce the total capital used on storage racks and it’s management?

IF YOU ARE ALSO SUFFERING WITH ABOVE ISSUES, THEN YOU HAVE ONE AND ONLY SOLUTION TO GO, THAT IS CLOUD.

Just by hearing the word cloud don’t be in a confusion for the matter of security, I am talking about the most trusted and renowned cloud service that is AWS (Amazon Web Service) which is known for its performance and security since 2006 and continuously increasing its customer database with its fabulous services, And I am talking about one of the famous service that is S3 in AWS cloud platform.

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So before moving how S3 can help you to resolve your issue and how it can reduce your capital or I can say the expenditure let’s first have a look at what S3 is?

WHAT IS AMAZON S3?

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), is an object-based service that provides scalability, data availability, security, and performance. By using S3 customers can store and protect any amount of data and can use it for any type of use they want to perform with their data. They can use it for websites, mobile applications, backup, restore, archive, enterprise applications, IoT devices and can also be used for big data operations. Amazon S3 is a ready to go service that fits each and every requirement of your’s that you want to do with your data sets.

EASY TO USE AND WORK WITH...

Go to S3 in AWS, create a bucket and store your data that are called objects in the S3 environment. This is as simple as uploading a photo to your Google Photos or Facebook account. Then you will be free from managing and configuring your storage rack and which also needs a huge cost for maintaining those storage racks. I can say only 4–5% of your problem is solved until now. Let’s have a look at how can I help you to reduce your problem up to 99.9999%.

OUR DEVELOPMENT IN S3 TO HELP YOU OUT…

Let’s have an example, if you are handling the storage rack for a medical website then you must be knowing how important each and every data is and must have proper security control. That may be X-Rays copies, ECG reports, Blood test reports and many more. So if there are some patients who are not using their reports anymore, and you are suggesting to delete those files to have a clear and proper management of your storage racks. So at least some load can be reduced and some more fresh free space can be generated to store newly generated data. But you are ordered not to do so as you are instructed to store that also as this can be used for any experiment or for any kind of audit purpose.

Then again you have a huge load on your server and you are running out of storage as well, so if at this time the server crashes for any reason then you have to undergo a huge downtime. Due to the restricted capital amount and not deleting the unused resources the storage racks have to undergo through this downtime. But it is hard to explain 😓 to your clients.

So what can we do is, we can help you to store your data in our AWS S3 unlimited storage environment where you can store any amount of the data and you will be charged only for the storage amount you are using and not for the whole storage rack. Now one question must be coming into your mind is that if the data is not used and still it is stored in S3 then will it be charged 🤔 ? So yes it will be charged because you are using that amount of storage. So you will be thinking for only unlimited storage why to move to S3 right? So let me tell you another feature that is the different storage classes. To get to know about this, let me give you an example. If your storage rack is made of SSD and everything you store in that then it is more costly, but if the unused data are store in a HDD storage rack then I think so you can get a cheaper rate per GB store in it and some more free space in SSD storage rack for better performance.

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In this way the S3 storage class also works. We can create a life cycle(After how many days the data is unused) and automate to transfer your data from one storage class to another storage class then you will pay less amount for the unused data store in S3. Your data is safe and secure but it is in a cheaper storage class.

If your data does not work on a life cycle like you are not aware of the number of days after which your data is marked as unused and ready to move to the cheaper storage class then also we have a solution, all AWS services are very intelligent including S3. S3 can determine the access of data present in it, if it is frequently accessed then it will hold it in SSD(like the above example) and if the data has not been used since many days then it will automatically transfer to a cheaper storage class (HDD as per the example).

We can integrate S3 API with your ongoing website or Software or application endpoints to start working on it.

And if you are worried that I have a huge data set that can not be uploaded to S3 over the internet and you may be charged for internet data uses and also worried for data loss while transmission then just leave it for us. We can transfer all your data sets to S3 cloud securely and with no internet data charges (Effectively Free 😁).

And if you are still using the old traditional architecture or pen and paper then this is the right time to move all your info to the cloud. And stay safe, secure and scalable.

SOME MORE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS:-

Maintaining versions of a similar file is always being a challenge in industries but with S3 it is going to be very easy. The file can have ‘n’ number of versions but it can be managed and can easily access with the help of S3 versioning.

For using S3 as a part of the backup and restoration process I think it is the best thing to be used. Backup as much as you want to just like unlimited. If you have any issue with your ongoing environment then just point your API towards S3 then you are all set to go. You can even have pre-signed URLs of each of your object that is stored in S3.

UNUSED DATASETS BUT STILL NECESSARY 😤 :-

Now let’s make your cost or capital expenses more affordable to your pocket. Suppose you have some huge set of data in HDD (Cheaper storage class in S3 considering the example of SSD & HDD) but they are no more accessed but still, you want them for any future requirement(Example:- Student mark sheets and certificates in University are supposed to remain for a long period of time even if the student is no more a part of the university), for this type of data set why should we pay more so we can add them to AWS S3 Glacier with our designed APIs or we can integrate it with your API as well or we can also attach a life cycle policy through which the unused and unassessed data can automatically move to the AWS S3 Glacier with no human interruptions and will also help you to save from unwanted billing for the unused data. And will save your capital amount. S3 Glacier charges only $0.005(Rs 0.38)/per GB (In Mumbai Region)(The amount is more cheaper in some other regions). It is very cheap for storing your never assessed data sets and will charge some few amounts while retrieval of those data set. We will be helping you out😊 to be at the safe side while performing any action which will be having the capability to modify the billing amount.

You may be running some big data application or that may be to store some data generated from a normal application, S3 is going to be the best for all the use cases. Create a seamless connection between on-premises applications and Amazon S3 with the help of configuring AWS Storage Gateway and enjoy all the feel of a Hybrid cloud architecture. In order to reduce your data center footprint, scale your application and make it reliable and durable with automation. All this with the superb ongoing service of AWS that is AWS S3.

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HOSTING SMALL WEBSITE WITH AFFORDABLE PRICING…

If you are starting or already having a small business and your business is dependent on showing a number of catalogs, previously you used catalogs books and now you are using Whatsapp and Google Photos to share your catalogs. But still, you are not getting the premium brand look. Then your solution is here in S3. You can store all your catalogs photos in S3 and can access it with your own static website hosted in S3 you can even attach a domain name to it to get some more premium look. You Can get all this with a very minimal monthly price.

Feel very free as if you are working with your own on-premises storage rack, you can do anything you want on S3 as well it is very similar to on-premises storage rack but it is more intelligent, more scalable, durable and it is safe and trusted. Some leading companies like Netflix and Airbnb have been using S3 for getting lots of their work done. And as a part of AWS, a leading cloud company it is more trusted as well. Join with us and with cloud to scale your company growth and see your company or business name in the leading company list.

Still afraid of the security, ok no issue, we have a solution for that also, we can use encryption process to store your each and every data set. So your data will be encrypted in Server-side you need not to worry about it anymore. You can use your own Key for encryption or can use AWS managed keys as well. We have a solution for your each and every problem, we will always be there to support you.

And to get the best solution for how S3 can solve your problem in the best possible way, you can reach out with us, we are Vitwit. We have been helping our customers since 2015 by giving them a seamless service experience through our development in the field of Automation, Web Development, BlockChain and many more … So visit our website or search for us on any social media platform(Facebook, Linkedin)by typing Vitwit. We will be happy to help you and to guide you with the best solution to your work to be done.

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That's all on S3 I think now you might have a basic knowledge on S3 and you will be excited to start working on it. You can even directly connect with me for any issue faced with you while working on S3 or AWS. I will be happy to help you.

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Prasanjit Pattanaik

AWS Certified | Developer | Cloud | Linode | kubernetes