What is Amazon S3 and Why should I use it

 What is Amazon S3 ?

Amazon S3 stand's for Amazon Simple Storage Service. Amazon S3 is a program that is built to store, protect and retrieve data from "Buckets" at any time from anywhere on any device.

How does Amazon S3 works?

Amazon S3 works by organizing, storing and retrieving data. Amazon S3 focuses on two key components: Buckets and Objects that works together to create storage system. User creates a bucket and bucket stores objects in the cloud.

What is Amazon S3 Objects?

Objects in Amazon S3 are data files including documents, photos and videos. Each object is identified by unique key/id within the S3 environment that differentiates it from other stored objects. The maximum object file size is 160 GB for uploading, However there are various AWS tools to help you add file larger than this

What is Amazon S3 Buckets?

In Amazon S3 environment, Object need to store somewhere, which is why buckets exist, serving as fundamental storage containers for objects.

You can create upto 100 buckets in each of your AWS cloud accounts, with no limit on the number of objects you can store in a bucket. If needed, you can request up to 1000 more buckets by submitting a service limit increase request.

What is Amazon S3 console?

Amazon S3 console is a console management. You can easily manage objects and buckets. This is where you can create, configure and manage buckets, as well as upload, download, and manage objects.

The console provides an intuitive, browser-based user interface for interacting with AWS services. The console allows you to organize storage using a logical hierarchy driven by keyword prefixes and delimiters.

Objects and buckets form a folder structure within the console, making it  easy to locate files so that every Amazon S3 object can be uniquely addressed through the combination of the web service endpoint, bucket name, key and optionally version. You can set access permissions for all buckets and objects within the management console

What are the advantages of Amazon S3?

If you are looking for secure storage that's simple and robust, Amazon S3 is a great choice