Amazon S3 Adds Sort and Z-Order Compaction to Improve Apache Iceberg Query Performance
Sorting and z-order compaction significantly reduce scan sizes and cost. Sort compaction organizes files by user-defined order, enhancing query efficiency for specific column access.
Amazon S3: almost 20 years old, but still very modern
Amazon S3 evolved from a simple backup solution to a sophisticated data foundation, enabling customers to harness its capabilities for massive parallel workloads.
Optimizing network footprint in serverless applications | Amazon Web Services
Many serverless services impose maximum payload sizes, such as AWS Lambdaâs 6 MB limit and Amazon SQSâs 256 KB. This necessitates the need for data compression.
Abandoned S3 buckets could have caused a catastrophic supply chain attack - and all at a cost of just $400
A report from watchTowr Labs demonstrates how cyber criminals could exploit abandoned cloud storage buckets, posing risks to governments and major enterprises.