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AWS Services Catalog

A report-backed catalog of AWS services shaped for quick browsing. The page preserves category, stage, lifecycle status, region and partition limitations, retirement notes, and notable caveats from the research report instead of flattening them into a generic spreadsheet.

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AWS Backup

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Centralized, policy-based managed backup service for automating data protection across multiple AWS services and accounts.

Lifecycle: GA stage - Active
Availability / regions: Commercial (aws); regional availability varies
Typical use cases: Cross-account backup policiescentralized compliance backupsransomware-recovery posturemulti-service backup governance.
Cost signal: $$$ backup storage + cross-region/cross-account copies

Notes: Not to be confused with AWS Backup Storage Service, which is listed as full shutdown Jun 12, 2024.

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Amazon EBS

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Persistent block storage volumes for EC2 with replication within an AZ and tunable performance characteristics.

Lifecycle: GA stage - Active
Availability / regions: Commercial (aws); regional (AZ-scoped volumes)
Typical use cases: EC2 boot/data volumesdatabase storagehigh-IOPS workloadssnapshots for backup and DR.
Cost signal: $$$$ provisioned GB/IOPS; always-on storage costs

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Amazon EFS

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Fully managed elastic NFS file system for Linux workloads, designed for shared access and scaling automatically.

Lifecycle: GA stage - Active
Availability / regions: Commercial (aws); regional service across multiple AZs
Typical use cases: Shared POSIX storagecontainer persistent volumeslift-and-shift apps to NFScontent management and web serving.
Cost signal: $$$ GB-month storage + throughput; scales with shared access

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Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

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Managed Windows file system providing SMB/NTFS integration with Active Directory for Windows workloads.

Lifecycle: GA stage - Active
Availability / regions: Commercial (aws); regional availability varies
Typical use cases: Windows shared file storagehome directorieslift-and-shift Windows appsSMB-based enterprise apps.
Cost signal: $$$$ always-on file systems + throughput/IOPS

Notes: Amazon FSx File Gateway is listed as moving to maintenance (Oct 28, 2024).

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Amazon S3

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Object storage service for scalable, durable storage supporting many use cases (websites, backup, analytics, IoT, etc.).

Lifecycle: GA stage - Active
Availability / regions: Commercial (aws); regional availability varies
Typical use cases: Data lakesapplication asset storagebackup/restorelog retention and analytics staging.
Cost signal: $$ storage + requests; can become $$$$ at massive scale or heavy retrieval/egress

Notes: Multiple S3-related features are listed in maintenance (e.g., S3 Select), but S3 remains active.

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This page stays intentionally close to the source report.

Every catalog entry is populated from the uploaded AWS services research report. The page does not invent alternative maturity labels or hide lifecycle exceptions.

When the report flags source conflicts, retirement windows, region limits, or replacement guidance, that note is surfaced directly on the service card so learners can make safer architecture choices.