Cloud Computing Intermediate

What is S3 (Simple Storage Service)?

An AWS object storage service that stores and retrieves any amount of data from anywhere on the web.

Amazon S3 stores data as objects in buckets. Objects can be any type of file, up to 5TB each. S3 provides 99.999999999% (11 nines) durability and various storage classes for different access patterns and costs.

Storage classes include Standard (frequent access), Intelligent-Tiering (automatic optimization), Glacier (archival), and One Zone-IA (infrequent access). S3 supports versioning, lifecycle policies, encryption, and static website hosting.

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VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)

An isolated virtual network within a cloud provider where you can launch resources with full control over IP addressing, routing, and security.

IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)

A cloud service model providing virtualized computing resources like servers, storage, and networking over the internet.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Google's suite of cloud computing services running on the same infrastructure that Google uses for its consumer products.

Discounted cloud compute instances that use spare capacity at significantly lower prices but can be interrupted with short notice.

An approach to building applications that fully exploit cloud computing advantages like scalability, resilience, and flexibility.

Cloud Load Balancer

A managed service that distributes incoming network traffic across multiple servers to ensure high availability and optimal resource utilization.

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