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AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C02)

Transfer Family

  • AWS managed service to transfer files in and out of Simple Storage Service (S3) using FTP (instead of using proprietary methods)
  • Supported Protocols
    • FTP (File Transfer Protocol) - unencrypted in flight
    • FTPS (File Transfer Protocol over SSL) - encrypted in flight
    • SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) - encrypted in flight
  • Supports Multi AZ
  • Pay per provisioned endpoint per hour + fee per GB data transfers
  • Clients can either connect directly to the FTP endpoint or optionally through Route 53
  • Transfer Family will need permission to read or put data into S3 or EFS

Last updated: 2022-05-20