Amazon S3 is a fully managed service for storing data in the cloud. Amazon S3 frees you from managing servers, NAS/SAN devices, and from having to worry about individual physical disks.
Amazon S3 is very flexible and because of that, it is used in a large number of different types of solutions. When building a solution in AWS and you need storage, S3 is likely the best option when considering cost and performance. If you are using S3 with AWS Data Analytics services, there are a number of things you should be aware of to minimize costs and maximize the performance of your Data Analytics solution.
In this lab, you will create data, store it in S3, and transform the data to be more performant and cost-efficient.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this beginner level lab you will be able to:
- Use the AWS command-line tool to copy data from an EC2 instance to S3
- Partition data files in S3
- Compress data to reduce costs
- Convert data into different formats to reduce costs and maximize performance
Intended Audience
- Candidates for the AWS Certified Data Analytics Speciality exam
- Data Engineers
- Cloud Engineers
Prerequisites
Experience with S3 and the Linux command-line will be beneficial but is not required.
The following courses can be used to fulfill the prerequisites:
Updates
March 12th, 2023 - Resolved an issue that caused the lab to fail to set up on rare occasions
January 11th, 2023 - Updated screenshots & instructions to reflect latest UI
October 26th, 2022 - Resolved an issue preventing lab setup from completing
January 28th, 2022 - Updated the instructions and screenshots to reflect the latest UI
June 24th, 2021 - Improved instructions
Andrew is a Labs Developer with previous experience in the Internet Service Provider, Audio Streaming, and CryptoCurrency industries. He has also been a DevOps Engineer and enjoys working with CI/CD and Kubernetes.
He holds multiple AWS certifications including Solutions Architect Associate and Professional.