Reviewed by Aditya Kumar · Last reviewed 2026-03-24
Architectural layers: S3 for lake, backups, archive. EBS for instance. EFS for shared. Storage classes: Standard, IA, Glacier. Best practice: S3 for analytics; partition + lifecycle; storage class by access; encrypt; version critical; Glacier for archive....
Architectural layers: S3 for lake, backups, archive. EBS for instance. EFS for shared. Storage classes: Standard, IA, Glacier. Best practice: S3 for analytics; partition + lifecycle; storage class by access; encrypt; version critical; Glacier for archive. Governance: Tagging, lifecycle, policies, cost monitoring.
Red Flag: Single storage class for all data. Pro-Move: 'We lifecycle by zone—raw 30d Standard, then IA; archive to Glacier after 1 year—40% storage savings.'
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