AWS services for storing data
AWS offers three different types of data storage services: object, file, and block. Depending on the need for the application, one or more of these types of services can be used. We will go through the AWS services spanning these storage categories in this section. The various AWS data storage services are shown in Figure 4.1.
Figure 4.1 – AWS data storage services
In the next section, we will discuss the various storage options provided by AWS.
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
Amazon S3 is one of the most commonly used cloud data storage services for web applications, and high-performance compute use cases. It is Amazon’s object storage service providing virtually unlimited data storage. Some of the advantages of using Amazon S3 include very high scalability, durability, data availability, security, and performance. Amazon S3 can be used for a variety of cloud-native applications, ranging from simple...