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.

Related Terms

AWS (Amazon Web Services)

The world's largest cloud computing platform, offering hundreds of services for compute, storage, networking, and more.

PaaS (Platform as a Service)

A cloud service model that provides a platform for developers to build, deploy, and manage applications without managing infrastructure.

Cloud Monitoring

Services that collect, analyze, and alert on metrics, logs, and traces from cloud infrastructure and applications.

IAM (Identity and Access Management)

A framework for managing digital identities and controlling who can access which cloud resources and services.

Cloud Storage Tiers

Different storage classes offered by cloud providers, optimized for varying access patterns from frequent to archival use.

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

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