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AWS Storage services types and usage

2 min read Updated June 30, 2026
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โœ Overview

Millions of users utilize AWS storage services to transform for various business options, increase agility, reduce costs, and accelerate innovation. AWS has a comprehensive portfolio of storage solutions with all types of functionality for storing, accessing, protecting, and analyzing your data.

โœ Object , File and Block Storage ๐Ÿ“‚

โœ… ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ (๐—ฆ๐Ÿฏ)

Amazon S3 is an object storage service delivering industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance for you to store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere.

โœ… ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ (๐—˜๐—™๐—ฆ)

Amazon EFS automatically expands and shrinks as you add and remove files with no need for management or provisioning.

โœ… ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฆ๐˜…

Amazon FSx makes it easy and cost-effective to launch, run, and scale feature-rich, high-performance file systems in the cloud. It helps a wide range of workloads with its reliability, security, scalability, and set of capabilities.

โœ… ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ (๐—˜๐—•๐—ฆ)

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) is an easy-to-use, scalable, high-performance block-storage service designed for Amazon EC2 and transaction-intensive workloads at any scale.

โœ Hybrid cloud storage and Edge Computing โ˜

โœ… ๐—”๐—ช๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†

AWS Storage Gateway is a hybrid cloud storage service that provides on-premises access to virtually unlimited cloud storage.

โœ… ๐—”๐—ช๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†

Edge compute, data collection, and data transfer services with security and end-to-end logistics for mobile and rugged deployments.

โœ Disaster recovery and Backup ๐Ÿ›…

โœ… ๐—”๐—ช๐—ฆ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† (๐——๐—ฅ๐—ฆ)

AWS DRS minimizes downtime and data loss with the fast, reliable recovery of on-premises and cloud-based applications using affordable storage, minimal computing, and point-in-time recovery.

โœ… ๐—”๐—ช๐—ฆ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—ฝ

Fully managed, policy-based service to centrally manage and automate data protection, compliance, and governance for applications running on AWS.

โœ Data migrationโ†ญ and Managed file transfer โˆฟ

โœ… ๐—”๐—ช๐—ฆ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฐ

AWS DataSync is a secure, online service that automates and accelerates moving data between on-premises and AWS storage services.

โœ… ๐—”๐—ช๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†

AWS Transfer Family securely scales your recurring business-to-business file transfers to AWS S3 and Amazon EFS using SFTP, FTPS, and FTP protocols.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What storage services does AWS offer?
Object storage with S3, block storage with EBS, file storage with EFS and FSx, and archival storage with S3 Glacier.
When should I use S3 versus EBS?
Use S3 for objects like files, images, and backups; use EBS for low-latency block storage attached to EC2 instances.
What is S3 Glacier used for?
Glacier provides low-cost, long-term archival storage for data you rarely access but must retain.

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