Amazon S3 Files: The End of Data Silos (And the...

1. What is Amazon S3 Files? For years, a fundamental division has existed in cloud storage: you either used object storage (like Amazon S3) for massive scale and low costs, or block/file storage (like EFS or EBS) for applications that require a standard file system. Syncing data between the two was a tedious process requiring custom pipelines. AWS has erased that boundary with the introduction of Amazon S3 Files. S3 Files is a shared file system feature that connects any AWS compute resource dir