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Amazon S3

Object storage built to retrieve any amount of data from anywhere

Features

Durable
Scale storage resources to meet fluctuating needs with 99.999999999% (11 9s) of data durability.
Save on Storage Costs
Store data across Amazon S3 storage classes to reduce costs without upfront investment or hardware refresh cycles.
Data Protection
Protect your data with unmatched security, compliance, and audit capabilities.
Manage Data at Scale
Easily manage data at any scale with robust access controls, flexible replication tools, and organization-wide visibility.

Features

Durable

Scale storage resources to meet fluctuating needs with 99.999999999% (11 9s) of data durability.

Save on Storage Costs

Store data across Amazon S3 storage classes to reduce costs without upfront investment or hardware refresh cycles.

Data Protection

Protect your data with unmatched security, compliance, and audit capabilities.

Manage Data at Scale

Easily manage data at any scale with robust access controls, flexible replication tools, and organization-wide visibility.

Storage Classes

S3 Intelligent-Tiering
S3 Intelligent-Tiering is the ideal storage class for data with unknown, changing, or unpredictable access patterns, independent of object size or retention period.

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S3 Glacier
The Amazon S3 Glacier storage classes are purpose-built for data archiving, providing you with the high performance, retrieval flexibility, and cost-effective archive storage in the cloud.

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S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval
Amazon S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval is an archive storage class that delivers lower cost storage for long-lived data that is rarely accessed and requires retrieval in milliseconds.

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More storage classes 

Storage Classes

S3 Intelligent-Tiering

S3 Intelligent-Tiering is the ideal storage class for data with unknown, changing, or unpredictable access patterns, independent of object size or retention period.

Learn more 

S3 Glacier

The Amazon S3 Glacier storage classes are purpose-built for data archiving, providing you with the high performance, retrieval flexibility, and cost-effective archive storage in the cloud.

Learn more 

S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval

Amazon S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval is an archive storage class that delivers lower cost storage for long-lived data that is rarely accessed and requires retrieval in milliseconds.

Learn more 
More storage classes 

How Does Amazon S3 Work?

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is an object storage service offering industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance. Customers of all sizes and industries can store and protect any amount of data for virtually any use case, such as data lakes, cloud-native applications, and mobile apps. With cost-effective storage classes and easy-to-use management features, you can optimize costs, organize data, and configure fine-tuned access controls to meet specific business, organizational, and compliance requirements.

How Does Amazon S3 Work?

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is an object storage service offering industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance. Customers of all sizes and industries can store and protect any amount of data for virtually any use case, such as data lakes, cloud-native applications, and mobile apps. With cost-effective storage classes and easy-to-use management features, you can optimize costs, organize data, and configure fine-tuned access controls to meet specific business, organizational, and compliance requirements.

Use Cases

Build a Data Lake
Run big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and high performance computing (HPC) applications to unlock data insights.
Backup & Restore Critical Data
Meet Recovery Time Objectives (RTO), Recovery Point Objectives (RPO), and compliance requirements with S3’s robust replication features.
Archive Data at a Lower Cost
Move data archives to the Amazon S3 Glacier storage classes to lower costs, eliminate operational complexities, and gain new insights.
Hybrid Cloud Storage

Set up private connectivity between Amazon S3 and on-premises with Amazon PrivateLink. You can provision private endpoints in a VPC to allow direct access to S3 from on-premises using private IPs.  

Use Cases

Build a Data Lake

Run big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and high performance computing (HPC) applications to unlock data insights.

Backup & Restore Critical Data

Meet Recovery Time Objectives (RTO), Recovery Point Objectives (RPO), and compliance requirements with S3’s robust replication features.

Archive Data at a Lower Cost

Move data archives to the Amazon S3 Glacier storage classes to lower costs, eliminate operational complexities, and gain new insights.

Hybrid Cloud Storage

Set up private connectivity between Amazon S3 and on-premises with Amazon PrivateLink. You can provision private endpoints in a VPC to allow direct access to S3 from on-premises using private IPs.  

How to Get Started

Find out How Amazon S3 Works
Learn more about analytics, data management, query in place, storage classes, security, and more.
Explore Amazon S3 features 
Sign up for a Free Account
Pay nothing or try for free while learning the fundamentals and building on Amazon Web Services.
Create a Free Account 
Connect With an Expert
From development to enterprise-level programs, get the right support at the right time.
Explore support options 

How to Get Started

 Find out How Amazon S3 Works

Learn more about analytics, data management, query in place, storage classes, security, and more.

Explore Amazon S3 features 

 Sign up for a Free Account

Pay nothing or try for free while learning the fundamentals and building on Amazon Web Services.

Create a Free Account 

 Connect With an Expert

From development to enterprise-level programs, get the right support at the right time.

Explore support options