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Published inAug 2023
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Behram Irani
Behram Irani
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Behram Irani

Behram Irani is currently a technology leader with Amazon Web Services (AWS) specializing in data, analytics and AI/ML. He has spent over 18 years in the tech industry helping organizations, from start-ups to large-scale enterprises, modernize their data platforms. In the last 6 years working at AWS, Behram has been a thought leader in the data, analytics and AI/ML space; publishing multiple papers and leading the digital transformation efforts for many organizations across the globe. Behram has completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from the University of Pune and has an MBA degree from the University of Florida.
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Data storage optimizations

In any data platform, the storage layer is the foundation since all the data across different systems inside the platform is stored in different types of storage. Even though the data storage cost is often not the most dominant part of the overall expenditure on the data platform, it can start to creep up if the best practices are not followed.

Let’s bring up a scenario that requires a deep dive into storage optimization.

Use case for storage optimization

GreatFin has established a data platform on AWS and uses many of the data and analytics services provided by AWS to operate different areas of the platform. After onboarding data from a variety of sources, the combined platform storage across all LOBs has grown to a petabyte scale. GreatFin’s storage infrastructure on AWS lacks optimization, leading to potential challenges such as high storage costs, performance bottlenecks, limited scalability, and inadequate data protection.

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Published in: Aug 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801813396

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Behram Irani

Behram Irani is currently a technology leader with Amazon Web Services (AWS) specializing in data, analytics and AI/ML. He has spent over 18 years in the tech industry helping organizations, from start-ups to large-scale enterprises, modernize their data platforms. In the last 6 years working at AWS, Behram has been a thought leader in the data, analytics and AI/ML space; publishing multiple papers and leading the digital transformation efforts for many organizations across the globe. Behram has completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from the University of Pune and has an MBA degree from the University of Florida.
Read more about Behram Irani