Chapter 1. Know-How about S3
The Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is an online object storage. It can be used to store and get any data via the following:
- REST web service interface
- SOAP web service interface
- BitTorrent
Amazon S3 is easy to configure, and is a reliable and scalable storage that stores files (objects) at a nominal pricing along with high security. Neither the developers nor the system team have to worry about the data that is stored at or retrieved from Amazon S3. Amazon S3 manages the Web-Scale computing by itself.
The following concepts will be covered in this chapter:
- The need for S3 and its advantages
- Basic concepts of Amazon S3
- Features of Amazon S3
- Security
- Integration
- Use cases
The need for S3 and its advantages
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