Hello, and welcome to this learning path that has been designed to help you learn all about the various storage services available in AWS, including services that support object storage, block storage, and file storage, along with their cost and performance implications.

My name is Danny Jessee, and I am one of the trainers here at Cloud Academy, specializing in AWS–Amazon Web Services–and AWS certifications. Feel free to connect with me to ask any questions using the details shown on the screen. Alternatively, you can always get in touch with us here at Cloud Academy by sending an email to support@cloudacademy.com, where one of our cloud experts will reply to your question.

This learning path is ideal for AWS solution architects or developers who are responsible for designing and building solutions and applications that leverage AWS storage services. It would also be beneficial for anyone responsible for monitoring, maintaining, or managing storage for both AWS cloud-native and hybrid applications and environments, or anyone who is studying to become certified in AWS.

Throughout this learning path, you will gain an understanding of AWS storage services, including:

• AWS storage fundamentals,

• How to architect solutions with AWS storage services,

• Object storage using Amazon S3,

• Block storage with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS),

• File storage with Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) and Amazon FSx,

• Performance factors across AWS storage services,

• Using AWS Storage Gateway in a hybrid storage solution,

• Understanding and optimizing AWS storage costs, and

• How to perform data transfers using AWS DataSync.

As you progress through this learning path, you will be guided through a series of on-demand courses, hands-on labs, and lab challenges to gain practical experience working with AWS storage services in real-world scenarios.

There are no formal prerequisites for this learning path; however, you may find it beneficial to have some familiarity with the fundamentals of AWS and some of its core services.

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That brings me to the end of this introduction, now let’s dive in! Thank you so much for your time, and best of luck with your continued learning.