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AWS Storage Gateway SOA

Links: 114 AWS SOA Index

Miscellaneous

  • File Gateway is POSIX compliant (Linux file system)
    • POSIX metadata ownership, permissions, and timestamps stored in the object's metadata in S3
  • Reboot Storage Gateway VM: (e.g. maintenance)
    • File Gateway: simply restart the Storage Gateway VM
    • Volume and Tape Gateway:
      • Stop Storage Gateway Service (AWS Console, VM local Console, Storage Gateway API)
      • Reboot the Storage Gateway VM
      • Start Storage Gateway Service (AWS Console, VM local Console, Storage Gateway API)
Stop GW -> Reboot VM -> Start GW

Activations

  • Two ways to get Activation Key:
    • Using the Gateway VM CLI
    • Make a web request to the Gateway VM (Port 80)
  • Troubleshooting Activation Failures:
    • Make sure the Gateway VM has port 80 opened
    • Check that the Gateway VM has the correct time and synchronising its time automatically to a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server

Volume Gateway cache

  • Cached mode: only the most recent data is stored
  • Looking at cache efficiency
    • Look at the CacheHitPercent metric (you want it to be high)
    • Look at the CachePercentUsed (you don't want it to be too high)
  • If the CachePercentUsed is very high then create a larger cache disk
    • Use the cached volume to clone a new volume of a larger size.
    • In the AWS Management Console, edit the local disks, then select the new disk as the cached volume.

Last updated: 2023-03-14