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S3 Migration Between AWS Accounts: Pain or Triumph?

A real-world case study of migrating petabytes between AWS accounts: unexpected pitfalls and how we overcame them with hybrid approaches.

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Today I reviewed a client case involving migration of multiple petabytes between AWS accounts. On paper — S3 cross-account copies, what could go wrong? Turns out, everything.

Where's the catch?

Key pitfalls:

  • IAM policies on source buckets don't carry over
  • Object Lock requires special handling
  • Transfer Acceleration can spike costs without proper rate limits
    • What saved the day

      A hybrid approach worked:

      1. Initial snapshot via Storage Gateway
      2. Delta sync using S3 Batch Operations
      3. Final validation with Athena checksums
        1. Has anyone faced similar challenges? How did you handle large-scale cross-account migrations?

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