AWS S3 - Cloud Storage (12 min)

What is Amazon S3?

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is a highly scalable object storage service that lets businesses store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere on the web. Data is stored as objects within buckets, making S3 ideal for backups, websites, and big data applications.

Key Features of S3

S3 offers industry-leading durability, multiple storage classes for cost optimization, versioning, and strong security controls including encryption and access policies. It is designed to handle massive scale with virtually unlimited storage capacity.

Common S3 Use Cases

S3 is widely used for website hosting, data backup and archiving, big data analytics, content storage and distribution, and as a foundation for disaster recovery solutions.