Using Direct Connect with Storage Gateway - AWS Storage Gateway

Using Direct Connect with Storage Gateway

Direct Connect links your internal network to the Amazon Web Services Cloud. By using Direct Connect with Storage Gateway, you can create a connection for high-throughput workload needs, providing a dedicated network connection between your on-premises gateway and AWS.

Storage Gateway uses public endpoints. With an Direct Connect connection in place, you can create a public virtual interface to allow traffic to be routed to the Storage Gateway endpoints. The public virtual interface bypasses internet service providers in your network path. The Storage Gateway service public endpoint can be in the same AWS Region as the Direct Connect location, or it can be in a different AWS Region.

The following illustration shows an example of how Direct Connect works with Storage Gateway.

network architecture showing Storage Gateway connected to the cloud using AWS direct connect.

The following procedure assumes that you have created a functioning gateway.

To use Direct Connect with Storage Gateway

  1. Create and establish an AWS Direct Connect connection between your on-premises data center and your Storage Gateway endpoint. For more information about how to create a connection, see Getting Started with Direct Connect in the Direct Connect User Guide.

  2. Connect your on-premises Storage Gateway appliance to the Direct Connect router.

  3. Create a public virtual interface, and configure your on-premises router accordingly. For more information, see Creating a Virtual Interface in the Direct Connect User Guide.

For details about Direct Connect, see What is Direct Connect? in the Direct Connect User Guide.