Manage file upload to S3 bucket along with users who uploads the files

Question

Problem statement : Manage file upload to S3 bucket along with users who uploads the files.

Approach: By using the AWS Transfer Family, you can centralize and manage file uploads to an S3 bucket securely. We have control over user authentication, access permissions, and can track user activities. This allows us to build scalable and secure file transfer workflows while leveraging the services of S3.

Answer 1

AWS transfer family specification (Source Link)

Name	Value	Description
Concurrent sessions per server	Each supported Region: 10,000	Maximum number of concurrent sessions per server
File size	Each supported Region: 5 Terabytes	Maximum size of an individual file, which is the maximum size of an individual object in Amazon S3
Idle connection timeout	Each supported Region: 1,800 Seconds i.e. 30 minutes	Inactivity timeout for SFTP connections. If there is no activity after the period has passed the client may be disconnected
MultiPart upload supported	No	SFTP server is primarily designed for simplified and secure file transfer workflows using SFTP protocols.
Resilience	Yes	SFTP protocol supports both reget and reput commands which allow you to resume downloads and uploads respectively.

AWS transfer family pricing : (Source Link)

Components	Pricing
Time each protocol is enabled	$0.30 per hour per protocol
Data uploads	$0.04 per gigabyte (GB) transferred
Data downloads	$0.04 per gigabyte (GB) transferred

File size : Upload time using SFTP Vs. AWS CLI

My home Upload speed : 103 Mbps and My home Download speed : 124 Mbps (megabits per second)

File size	Upload time from local machine using SFTP	Upload time from local machine using AWS CLI
211 KB	0.01 seconds	3 seconds
500 MB	3 minutes and 45 seconds	32 seconds
1 GB	5 minutes and 13 seconds	48 seconds
5 GB	22 minutes and 49 seconds	3 minutes and 27 seconds
10 GB	39 minutes and 04 seconds	6 minutes and 45 seconds