Like an everflowing stream: New tech promises remote S3 nearline disk performance
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/06/lucidlinks_magic_gives_remote_amazon_s3_nearline_disk_performance/
Analysis You can't store files in Amazon's public cloud, access them on-premises, and expect local disk access performance.
You can store them in a sync-and-share facility like Box and Dropbox but then they have to be downloaded completely. It's not so good for large files, large data sets and production environments.