Amazon simple storage service (s3)

 

·       Provide simple API for storing and retrieving data.

·       Data in s3 isn’t associated with any particular server.

·       Can put many objects.

·       Objects can be any data file – Images, videos, or server logs.

·       Even large database snapshots as objects.

·       Give access from HTTP or HTTPS.

·       Can access privately through virtual private cloud endpoint.

·       Can encrypt your data in transit.

·       Can create a bucket to hold the data.

·       Key can be a string “media /welcome.mp4” to retrieve data later.

·       |Data storage grow as your application needs

 

 

·       Additionally, you can handle the data from the bucket directly from the rest endpoints

·       These supports HTTP or HTTPS access

·       S3 bucket name must be globally unique and DNS compliant.

·       Supports cross-region replication – data put in s3 bucket in one region can be automatically replicated to another s2 region.

·       Data staged in S3 can be loaded in Redshift, processed in Amazon EMR even queried in place using tools like Amazon Athena.

·       AWS import Export devices – AWS snowball.