S3

S3 provides developers and IT teams with secure, durable, highly-scalable object storage.

Amazon S3 is easy to use, with a simple web interface to store and retrive any amount of data from anywhere on the web. 

  • S3 is a safe place to store your files. 
  • Is is object-based storage.
  • The data is spread across multiple devices and facilities.

S3-Basics:

  • S3 is Object-Based, i.e. allows you to upload files.
  • Files can be from 0Bytes to 5TB.
  • There is unlimited storage.
  • Files are stored in buckets.
  • S3 is a universal namespace. That means names must be unique globally. 
  • When you upload a file to S3, you will receive a HTTP 200 code if the upload was successful.

S3 Features:

  • Tiered Storage Available.
  • Lifecycle Management.
  • Versioning.
  • Encryption.
  • MFA Delete.
  • Secure your data using Access Control Lists and Bucket Policies.

S3 Storage Classes:

  1. S3 Standard
  2. S3 – IA
  3. S3 One Zone -IA
  4. S3 – Inteligent Tiering
  5. S3 Glacier
  6. S3 Glacier Deep Archive

1. S3 Standard

99.99% Availability.

99.999999999% durability, stored redundantiy across multiple devices in multiple facilities, and is designed to sustain the loss of 2 facilites concunently.

2. S3 – IA

(Infrequently Accessed):  For data that is accessed less frequently, but requires rapid access when needed.

Lower fee then S3, but you are charged a retrival fee.

3. S3 One Zone – IA

Where you want a lower-cost option for infrequently accessed data, but do not require the multiple Availibility Zone data resillence.

4. S3 – Intelligent Tiering

Designed to optimize costs by automatically moving data to the most cost-effective access tier, without performance impact or operational overhead.

5. S3 Glacier

S3 Glacier is a secure, durable, and low-cost storage class for data archiving. 

You can reliably store any amount of data at cost that are competitive with or cheaper than on-premises solutions.

Retrieval times configurable from minutes to hours.

6. S3 Glacier Deep Archive

S3 Glacier Deep Archive is Amazon S3 is lowest-cost storage class where a retrival time of 12 hours is acceptable.

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November 4, 2022 by AWS