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Storage Services
S3, EBS, EFS and storage options
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Amazon S3 - Simple Storage Service
Amazon S3 is an object storage service offering scalability, data availability, security, and performance.
Key concepts:
- Buckets: Containers for objects
- Objects: Individual files with metadata
- Storage classes: Standard, Infrequent Access, Glacier
- Durability: 99.999999999% (11 nines)
Key concepts:
- Buckets: Containers for objects
- Objects: Individual files with metadata
- Storage classes: Standard, Infrequent Access, Glacier
- Durability: 99.999999999% (11 nines)
🎯 Key Points
- ✓ Unlimited object storage
- ✓ Extremely high durability
- ✓ Multiple classes to optimize costs
- ✓ Integration with other AWS services
EBS and EFS - Block and File Storage
Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store):
- Block storage for EC2 instances
- Persistent and high performance
- Attaches to one EC2 instance at a time
Amazon EFS (Elastic File System):
- Shared file system
- Accessible by multiple instances simultaneously
- Automatic scaling based on usage
- Block storage for EC2 instances
- Persistent and high performance
- Attaches to one EC2 instance at a time
Amazon EFS (Elastic File System):
- Shared file system
- Accessible by multiple instances simultaneously
- Automatic scaling based on usage
🎯 Key Points
- ✓ EBS: block storage for EC2
- ✓ EFS: shared file system
- ✓ Different use cases and features
- ✓ Both offer high availability