Moving to the Cloud with Amazon FSx

In this course, you will learn about why you should consider Amazon FSx when moving or extending your on-premises shared file storage to the cloud. You will also learn about which Amazon FSx offering could be ideal for your use case. It might be a complete migration, moving to the cloud for disaster recovery, or extending your on-premises compute and storage to the cloud to handle periods of peak demand. You will also learn how to prepare for moving your on-premises data into an Amazon FSx file system and understand the specific migration and hybrid considerations that go along with each individual Amazon FSx service offering.

      •    Course level: Intermediate

      •    Duration: 60 minutes

Activities

This course includes interactive lessons, demonstrations, and knowledge check questions.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to do the following:

      •    Explain the financial and organizational benefits of moving to cloud file storage

      •    Differentiate Amazon FSx from other types of Amazon Web Services (AWS) storage offerings

      •    Identify the benefits of using Amazon FSx rather than do-it-yourself cloud file storage deployments

      •    List the features of Amazon FSx that make it an optimal solution when you move to the cloud

      •    Describe the potential relations between on-premises deployments and cloud deployments

      •    Explain how to prepare and migrate to Amazon FSx

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

      •    Cloud architects

      •    Storage and cloud operations administrators

      •    Storage business development managers

      •    Data engineers

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have: 

      •    Getting Started with AWS Storage course

      •    General knowledge of AWS and cloud computing

Course outline

Section 1: Overview

      •    Lesson 1: How to Use This Course

      •    Lesson 2: Course Introduction

Section 2: Moving to the Cloud

      •    Lesson 3: Moving to the Cloud: Overview

      •    Lesson 4: Why Should Your Storage Move to the Cloud?

      •    Lesson 5: Comparing Cloud and On-Premises Costs

      •    Lesson 6: Backup and Disaster Recovery in the Cloud

      •    Lesson 7: Choosing a Cloud Storage Service

      •    Lesson 8: Knowledge Check

Section 3: Deciding on Amazon FSx

      •    Lesson 9: Deciding on Amazon FSx: Overview

      •    Lesson 10: Amazon FSx Benefits

      •    Lesson 11: Amazon FSx File Systems

      •    Lesson 12: Amazon FSx Comparison

      •    Lesson 13: Knowledge Check

Section 4: Extending with FSx

      •    Lesson 14: Extending with Amazon FSx: Overview

      •    Lesson 15: Extending with FSx for ONTAP

      •    Lesson 16: Extending with FSx for Windows File Server

      •    Lesson 17: Extending with FSx for Lustre

      •    Lesson 18: Knowledge Check

Section 5: Migrating to FSx

      •    Lesson 19: Migrating to Amazon FSx: Overview

      •    Lesson 20: Connecting On-Premises Resources to Amazon FSx

      •    Lesson 21: Preparing to Migrate Your File System

      •    Lesson 22: Online Data Migration with OS and File System Tools

      •    Lesson 23: Online Data Migration with AWS DataSync

      •    Lesson 24: Offline Data Migration

      •    Lesson 25: Monitoring the Files Systems after Migration

      •    Lesson 26: Knowledge Check

Section 6: Resources

      •    Lesson 27: Additional Resources