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S3 Overview

What is S3?

Simple Storage Service (3 S's = S3)

  • Object Storage

    • Secure, durable, highly scalable object storage
    • Manages data as objects rather than in file systems or data blocks
    • Upload any file type
      • Photos, Videos, Docments, Text Files, Code
    • Cannot be used to run an operating sytem

  • Scalable

    • Store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere on the web at a very low cost

  • Simple

    • Easy to use with a simple web interface

S3 Basics

  • Unlimited Storage
  • Objects can be up to 5TB in Size
  • Files are stored in 'buckets' (similar to folders)
  • Safe
    • Data is spread across multiple devices and facilites to ensure availabilty and durability.

Univeral Namespace

  • Buckets have a Univeral Namespace
    • All AWS accounts share the S3 namespace, so each bucket name needs to be globally unique

Bucket URLS

Uploading Files

  • When uploading a file to an S3 bucket, you will receive an HTTP 200 code if the file upload was successful

Key-Value Store

  • Key

    • The name of the object

  • Value

    • The data (made up of a sequence of bytes)

  • Version ID

    • Use for storing multiple versions of the same object

  • Metadata

    • Data about the data you are storing
      • content-type
      • last-modified

Highly Available and Durable

  • High Availability

    • 99.95%-99.99% service availablity depending on S2 Tier

  • High Durability

    • Designed for 99.999999999 (11 9's durability - 9 decimal places) durability for data stored in S3

Tiered Storage

  • S3 offers a range of storage classes designed for different use cases

Lifecycle Management

  • Define rules to automatically transition objects to a cheaper storage tier or delete objects that are no longer required after a set period of time

Versioning

  • With versioning enabled, all versions of an object are stored and can be retrieved, including deleted objects

Securing Data in S3

  • **Server-Side Encryption

    • You can default encryption on a bucket to encrypt all new objects when they are stored in a bucket

  • Access Control Lists (ACLs)

    • Define which AWS accounts or groups are granted access and the type of access.
    • ACLs can be attached to individual objects within a bucket

  • Bucket Policies

    • Specify what actions are allowed or denied
    • Allow user to PUT but not DELETE objects in a bucket

Data Consistency

  • Strong Read-After-Write Consistency
    • After a successful write of a new object (PUT) or an overwrite of an existing object, any subsequent read request immediately receives the latest version of the object
    • Strong Consistency for list operations
      • After a write operation, you can immediately perform a listing of the objects in a bucket with all changes reflected