On March 24, 2024, the Cornell Center for Advanced Computing (CAC) announced the availability of a CAC Amazon S3 Globus Connector that offers a Globus interface to any Amazon S3 bucket.

S3 buckets are cloud storage containers used for object storage within simple storage services (S3). Globus connectors provide an interface for managing diverse storage systems. Both tools are useful for data management.

"Using the 'CAC Amazon S3 Connector' Globus endpoint, users can transfer data between an AWS S3 bucket and any Globus endpoint," says Steven Lee, systems consultant at CAC.

This free service is available to anyone with a Cornell NetID. No CAC account or project is required.

Documentation on this new service is available at CAC TechDocs.