Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is a cloud storage service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It allows businesses, organizations, and individuals to store and retrieve data from anywhere on the web.

S3 is designed to be highly scalable, reliable, and fast, making it suitable for a wide range of applications. It uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model, which means you only pay for the storage and bandwidth that you use.

The ability to store unlimited amounts of data

One of the key features of S3 is its ability to store unlimited amounts of data. This is made possible by dividing the data into smaller units called “objects” and storing them across multiple servers. These objects can be any type of data, such as text files, images, videos, and more.

S3 offers a variety of storage classes

S3 also offers a variety of storage classes to choose from, depending on your needs. The Standard storage class is suitable for frequently accessed data, while the Infrequent Access (IA) storage class is better for data that is accessed less frequently. There is also a Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS) class for data that can be stored with lower levels of redundancy, and an Archival storage class for data that is rarely accessed and for which retrieval times of several hours are acceptable.