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
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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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