why aws s3 transfer acceleration is not working

Question

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I have to upload some files that are between 3 and 7Gb to s3. The default upload speed when using the AWS Console is about 1.3 Mbs. I read about transfer acceleration here:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/transfer-acceleration-examples.html#transfer-acceleration-examples-aws-cli

So I followed the steps:

1. Turn on transfer acceleration on the bucket, in the console. Then...

   aws s3api put-bucket-accelerate-configuration --bucket [bucket name] --accelerate-configuration Status=Enabled

   aws configure set default.s3.use_accelerate_endpoint true

   aws s3 cp some_file.txt s3://[bucket]/some_file.txt --region us-east-1 --endpoint-ur http://[bucket].s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com

It uploads still at the same 1.3 Mbs. I am WFH so subject to Wifi, but still I wish it could be better. Is there anything else? Do I need to use Python boto3? I was hoping this would be quicker.

Answer 1

AWS S3 Transfer Acceleration enables fast, easy and secure transfer of files over long distances between your client and an S3 bucket. Transfer Acceleration takes advantage of Amazon Cloudfront's globally distributed edge locations. As the data arrives at an edge location data is routed to Amazon S3 over an optimized network path.