AWS debuts Amazon S3 Files, a new capability built on Amazon's Elastic File System that lets applications and AI agents access S3 buckets as local file systems
Amazon Web Services is making it possible to access data stored in its S3 cloud storage service as a traditional file system …
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Discussion
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@livingdevops
Akhilesh Mishra
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Breaking: AWS just killed a 20-year headache by making S3 a file system. S3 launched in 2006. Since then, every team building on AWS had to choose: object storage (cheap, scalable, S3) or file system (flexible, fast, EFS/EBS). You couldn't have both. > So you copied data. >
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@neural_avb
@neural_avb
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This is one of the best innovations to object storage. You need to understand what they did here. A lot of current systems and workflows will simplify because of this. Follow this line of thought: - AWS S3 forever has been a blob/object storage, flat paths, no file navigation. [i…
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@twtayaan
Ayaan
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🚨 S3 is no longer just Object Storage. Yesterday (April 7, 2026), AWS officially launched Amazon S3 Files. This is the biggest update to S3 in 20 years. It can: → Mount S3 buckets as native file systems → Provide sub-millisecond file access → Handle POSIX permissions [image]
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