Amazon S3 Introduction

Varun Bisht
2 min readMay 28, 2020

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This Series gives you an understanding of S3 and its comprises of -

  1. Introduction
  2. Creating a Bucket
  3. Set Up Java Project
  4. Versioning
  5. Operations
  6. Sharing Object URL
  7. Storage Classes
  8. Lifecycle Management

What is Amazon S3?

Amazon S3 is a Simple Storage Service(S3) that allows you to store and retrieve data. It offers scalability, data availability, performance, and security.

Why Amazon S3?

  • Performance
  • Availability
  • Scalability
  • Security
  • Wide range of cost-effective storage classes
  • Easily manage data and access controls

Let's start with Amazon S3 basic concepts

1. Bucket

Bucket in S3 is a container for objects. In a bucket, you can contain any type of object(images, pdf, CSV, etc). Eg — consider bucket as a fridge that contains objects(vegetables, fruits, etc).

2. Object

Objects are the basic unit in Amazon S3. All the units in a bucket are objects.

Objects consist of

  • object data
  • object metadata — metadata contains name-value pairs that stores object-related information.

The only way to modify object metadata is to make a copy of object and set metadata.

3. keys

A key is the unique identifier of the object in a bucket. An object can be identified by the combination of web service endpoint + bucket name + key + version (optional).

There is a guideline for object key names. You can find it here.

4. Regions

You can store a bucket in a specific region that is close to you to optimize latency and minimize costs.

Objects stored in a region never leave the region unless you transfer it to another region. You can access any bucket from any region. Eg — suppose you are located in Asia so you want to store bucket in a region closest to you.

Link to the series-

Originally published at https://techylane.com on May 28, 2020.

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