Understanding Object Storage with Amazon S3, Hybrid Storage, and Static Website Hosting

Data creation, management, and storage have become paramount in our information age. Companies across the globe now hold thousands of exabytes. With the amount of data companies hold and process rising exponentially, there is a need to ensure that data is securely stored, enforce access restrictions, and run complex computational processes to analyze that data faster than ever.

With this need for security, processing power, and easy administration, choosing the right storage services is a vital task in both on-premises and cloud ecosystems. Storage options have matured, catering to different requirements and application use cases. The range of modern storage solutions considers performance needs, data accessibility, security, cost, and scalability. Options range from simple block storage to hybrid options.

This chapter looks at the fundamentals of storage, focusing on AWS’s object storage...