Automate data transfers and migrations with AWS DataSync and Terraform

This article discusses how to automate data transfers and migrations using AWS DataSync and Terraform, focusing on organizing machine learning datasets across multiple AWS accounts.

• AWS DataSync automates secure data transfers between storage services
• Terraform is used to provision and configure DataSync infrastructure as code
• The solution demonstrates cross-account data transfers for two datasets:
  • Common Crawl news dataset
  • SEC filing documents
• Key benefits include:
  • Automated data migration
  • Consistent infrastructure deployment
  • Reduced manual configuration errors
• Supports various storage locations including S3, EFS, NFS, and cross-cloud storage

The solution provides a flexible, automated approach to organizing and transferring large datasets for machine learning and analytics workflows.