08-02 Introduction to S3

Last updated Aug 17, 2023 Edit Source

data storage architecture that manages data as objects, as opposed to other storage architectures:

• file systems which manages data as files and fire hierarchy and
• block storage which manages data as blocks within sectors and tracks

• S3 provides you with unlimited storage
• You don’t need to think about the underlying infrastructure
• The S3 console provides an interface for you to upload and access your data

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Objects contain your data. They are like files. Objects may consist of:

• Key this is the name of the object
• Value the data itself made up of a sequence of bytes
• Version ID when versioning enabled, the version of object
• Metadata additional information to the object
• You can store an individual object from 0 bytes to 5 terabytes in size

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• Buckets hold objects
• Buckets can also have folders which in turn hold objects
• S3 is a universal namespace so bucket names must be unique (like domain names)