# AWS VPC Endpoint to S3 still worth/recommended to enable for Elasticsearch in a private subnet?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-vpc-endpoint-to-s3-still-worth-recommended-to-enable-for-elasticsearch-in-a-private-subnet/306092>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [June 1, 2022, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-vpc-endpoint-to-s3-still-worth-recommended-to-enable-for-elasticsearch-in-a-private-subnet/306092 "2022-06-01T09:02:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![AS11](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/as11/32/106438_2.png) [@AS11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AS11)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-vpc-endpoint-to-s3-still-worth-recommended-to-enable-for-elasticsearch-in-a-private-subnet/306092/1 "2022-06-01T09:02:43Z")

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Does the [following recommendation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.2/repository-s3.html#repository-s3-aws-vpc)

> Instead we recommend creating a VPC endpoint that enables connecting to S3 in instances that reside in a private subnet in an AWS VPC. This will eliminate any limitations imposed by the network bandwidth of your VPC’s NAT instance.

still hold? Considering that [VPC "endpoint can support a bandwidth of up to 10 Gbps per Availability Zone and automatically scales up to 40 Gbps."](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/privatelink/vpc-limits-endpoints.html), whereas [VPC NAT can "Scale up to 45 Gbps."](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-nat-comparison.html).

Apologies if I missed any existing thread - querying for ["vpc endpoint bandwidth"](https://discuss.elastic.co/search?q=vpc%20endpoint%20bandwidth) came back empty.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-vpc-endpoint-to-s3-still-worth-recommended-to-enable-for-elasticsearch-in-a-private-subnet/306092/2 "2022-06-29T09:03:28Z")

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