Storage
AWS Storage Gateway and AWS Backup
Hybrid and protection services: Storage Gateway connects on-premises environments to AWS storage with local access or caching, while AWS Backup centrally manages backups across supported services.
Key points
- Storage Gateway supports hybrid storage patterns and local protocols backed by AWS storage.
- AWS Backup centralizes backup policies, schedules, retention, and monitoring for supported resources.
- S3 lifecycle policies manage S3 object transitions; they are not a universal backup policy engine.
Best-known use cases
- Give on-premises applications cached or protocol-based access to AWS storage.
- Apply centralized backup policies across supported AWS resources.
What candidates often confuse it with
- Storage Gateway bridges on-premises storage and AWS; AWS Backup manages backups.
- S3 lifecycle transitions objects among classes or expires them; it does not coordinate every supported resource backup.
Key Cloud Practitioner takeaway
Hybrid cached storage points to Storage Gateway; centralized backup policy points to AWS Backup.
Related services
- Amazon S3
Relevant exam tasks
- D3.6