AWS — Amazon S3 Storage Classes Overview

Introduction to AWS S3 Object Storage Classes — Types of S3 Storage classes.

Amazon S3 Storage Classes

TL;DR

Amazon S3 storage classes are designed to sustain the concurrent loss of data in one or two facilities. Allow lifecycle management for automatic migration of objects for cost savings.

Amazon S3 offers a range of storage classes designed for different use cases. S3has seven different types of storage classes.

S3 Standard

• Ideal for performance-sensitive use cases and frequently accessed data.
• Designed to sustain the loss of 2 facilities concurrently. Data is stored in multiple locations. Resilient against events that impact an entire Availability Zone (3 AZs).
• Default storage class if none of the storage class is specified during upload.
• Delivers low latency and high throughput performance.
• Designed for 99.99% availability and 99.999999999% (11 9's) durability.
• Most expensive storage class among all others.
• Use case: We can store files which we use regularly. It is appropriate for a wide variety of use cases, including cloud applications, dynamic websites, content distribution, mobile and gaming applications, and big data analytics.