Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration

Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration accelerates Amazon S3 data transfers by up to 500%.

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Enable S3 Transfer Acceleration in the Management Console
• Enable S3 Transfer Acceleration in Backup Agent

Enable S3 Transfer Acceleration

With the Remote Management feature, you can remotely run a new backup plan and apply Transfer Acceleration to the files that you upload to Amazon S3.

1. Open the Management Console.
2. In Backup, select Storage Accounts.
3. Find the required storage account, then click the gear icon.
4. Click View Backup Destinations.
5. Find the required destination, then click ....

6. Select the Use Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration checkbox.
7. Click Save.

Enable S3 Transfer Acceleration for Backup Agent

To enable S3 Transfer Acceleration for Backup Agent, proceed as follows:

1. Open the Management Console.
2. In the Settings menu, select Global Agent Options.

3. Select the Show Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration option checkbox. This enables S3 Transfer Acceleration in Backup Agent.
4. If required, select the Use Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration by default checkbox. This will automatically apply S3 Transfer Acceleration to all file transfers. If you enable the S3 Transfer Acceleration option as visible in Backup Agent, Backup Agent users will see this option already enabled.

Enable S3 Transfer Acceleration for Backup Plan in Backup Agent

To set S3 Transfer Acceleration in Backup Agent, proceed as follows:

1. Run Backup Agent, then click Files to start the backup wizard.
2. Select a backup destination (must be Amazon S3) and click Next to proceed.
3. On the Compression and Encryption Options step, make sure the Use S3 Transfer Acceleration checkbox is selected.

4. Finish the backup wizard to save the backup plan configuration.