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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A strategy of using services from multiple cloud providers to avoid vendor lock-in and leverage best-of-breed capabilities.

A storage architecture that manages data as objects with metadata and unique identifiers, ideal for unstructured data at scale.

Identity and Access Management services that control who can access cloud resources and what actions they can perform.

Cloud Storage Tiers

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

Region and Availability Zone

Geographic locations where cloud providers operate data centers, with zones providing redundancy within a region.

Cloud Computing

The delivery of computing services over the internet, including servers, storage, databases, and software on demand.

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