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Published inAug 2023
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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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File and storage migration

A lot of data still resides in files for many reasons. When the data resides in files, we just need an easy transfer mechanism to bring it over into the raw layer of the data lake in S3. In this section, we will explore some of the AWS services that make it easy to transfer files into the AWS ecosystem.

AWS DataSync

AWS DataSync makes it easy to continuously migrate on-prem data into many AWS storages, including Amazon S3. DataSync has an agent that needs to be deployed that will help do all the heavy lifting for the data migration. Before we look at the usage patterns, let’s look at a use case at GreatFin that makes DataSync very appealing.

Use case for data migration using AWS DataSync

Multiple LOBs at GreatFin want to save costs by retiring multi-terabyte data stored on their on-prem storage systems. They want to continuously replicate new data as it arrives on their on-prem storage. Also, because of regulatory requirements, they have...

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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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