# Migrating data associated with SAS
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We recommend that you move the data associated with your SAS applications to AWS. This migration has several benefits:
+ Gaining access to cloud-based data lakes and data warehouses
+ Increased agility, performance, security, and reliability
+ Lower costs

AWS offers a wide variety of services and tools to help you migrate your data sets, including SAS files, databases, machine images, block volumes, and even tape backups. The following table provides a list of services that you can use.


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| AWS service | Description | Role/skills required | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
| [AWS DataSync](https://aws.amazon.com/datasync/) | Copies or replicates file system data to Amazon S3 or Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS). | AWS architect | 
| [CloudEndure Migration](https://aws.amazon.com/cloudendure-migration/) | Migrates running machine images with their data to Amazon EC2. | AWS architect | 
| [Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/faqs/#Amazon_S3_Transfer_Acceleration) | Enables fast and secure transfers of data to Amazon S3 over long geographic distances. | AWS architect | 
| [AWS DMS](https://aws.amazon.com/dms/) | Migrates databases to AWS quickly and securely, with minimal downtime. | AWS architect | 
| [AWS Snow Family](https://aws.amazon.com/snow/) | Physically transports petabytes of data in batches to AWS. | AWS architect |