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S3 storage truth: Why Reddit skips directories

Reddit avoids directories because S3 handles 1M+ data lakes. Learn why flat namespaces beat rigid file systems for massive scale.

May 29, 2026 Alex Kumar 13 min read

Metadata scanning solved Manchester's 3.5B file crisis

See how Manchester scanned 3.5 billion files to find cold data, avoiding a costly hardware refresh by moving archives to tape.

May 7, 2026 Marcus Chen 12 min read

Unified storage cuts AI data costs by 70% fast

Stop paying the lift-and-shift tax. Unified storage lets 70% of enterprises train AI models directly on production data without costly rewrites.

Apr 23, 2026 Alex Kumar 12 min read

S3 Files beat EFS pricing: Why I'm switching now

Stop paying $0.30 per GB for EFS. S3 Files brings POSIX semantics to buckets, ending the need for fragile data sync pipelines.

Apr 21, 2026 Alex Kumar 16 min read

S3 Files Architecture: Bridging Object and File

Launched April 7, 2026, S3 Files merges object storage with NFS. Learn how to mount buckets on EKS for agentic AI without data duplication.

Apr 21, 2026 Alex Kumar 14 min read

S3 Files for Lambda: Mount Buckets as NFS

AWS S3 Files now supports NFS v4.2, letting Lambda mount buckets directly. This ends the 20-year split between file flexibility and object durability.

Apr 9, 2026 Alex Kumar 14 min read

S3 Files end data silos without migration pain

AWS S3 Files now serve NFS v4.2 directly, letting 54% of multi-cloud users consolidate storage without duplicating data or paying gateway fees.

Apr 7, 2026 Marcus Chen 12 min read

Block storage beats S3 for fast AI training jobs

EBS hits 20x faster I/O than S3. Learn why block storage beats object stores for high-velocity AI training pipelines.

Apr 6, 2026 Marcus Chen 15 min read

NetApp AIDE cuts AI vector storage growth 20x

NetApp AIDE cuts vector storage growth by 20x, solving the data bottleneck stalling 76% of large enterprise AI deployments today.

Mar 19, 2026 Alex Kumar 13 min read

File streaming kills PBscale data migration now

Suite Studios enabled zero migration on Feb 17, 2026. Stop reingesting petabytes and edit S3 objects directly with byte-range streaming.

Feb 26, 2026 Alex Kumar 13 min read