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# S3 Storage Engine

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[Using the S3 Storage Engine](/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/s3-storage-engine/using-the-s3-storage-engine.md)
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This guide covers typical use cases for the S3 engine, such as archiving inactive tables, and details supported operations like ALTER TABLE and SELECT.
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[S3 Status Variables](/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/s3-storage-engine/s3-storage-engine-status-variables.md)
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A list of status variables for monitoring the S3 engine's interactions with the cloud service, although specific variables are not extensively documented here.
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[S3 System Variables](/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/s3-storage-engine/s3-storage-engine-system-variables.md)
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This page lists system variables to configure the S3 engine, including AWS credentials, bucket names, page cache sizes, and connection protocols.
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[S3 Engine Internals](/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/s3-storage-engine/s3-storage-engine-internals.md)
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Learn about the internal architecture of the S3 engine, which inherits from Aria code but redirects reads to S3, using a dedicated page cache.
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[Testing Connections to S3](/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/s3-storage-engine/testing-the-connections-to-s3.md)
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Instructions on how to verify your S3 configuration using tools like `aria_s3_copy` and the `mysql-test-run` suite to ensure proper connectivity.
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[aria\_s3\_copy](/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/s3-storage-engine/aria_s3_copy.md)
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A reference for the `aria_s3_copy` tool, which is used to manually copy Aria tables to and from S3 storage for testing and data migration.
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