Choose Amazon S3 storage classes

(1) S3 Standard

(2) S3 Intelligent-Tiering

(3) S3 Standard-IA (Infrequent Access)

(4) S3 One Zone-IA

(5) S3 Glacier

(6) S3 Glacier Deep Archive

(7) S3 Outposts

Explanation

 

• S3 Standard:

  • Ideal for frequently accessed data.
  • High durability, availability, and performance.
  • Suitable for use cases like cloud applications, dynamic websites, content distribution, and big data analytics.

• S3 Intelligent-Tiering:

  • Automatically moves data between two access tiers (frequent and infrequent) based on changing access patterns.
  • Ideal for data with unknown or changing access patterns.

• S3 Standard-IA (Infrequent Access):

  • Lower-cost storage for data that is accessed less frequently but requires rapid access when needed.
  • Suitable for long-term storage, backups, and disaster recovery.

• S3 One Zone-IA:

  • Similar to Standard-IA but stores data in a single Availability Zone.
  • Costs less than Standard-IA and is suitable for infrequently accessed data that can be recreated if the Availability Zone is destroyed.

• S3 Glacier:

  • Low-cost storage for data archiving with retrieval times from minutes to hours.
  • Suitable for long-term backups, digital preservation, and data archiving.

• S3 Glacier Deep Archive:

  • Lowest-cost storage option for data archiving.
  • Retrieval times of 12 hours or more.
  • Ideal for data that is rarely accessed and requires long-term retention.

• S3 Outposts:

  • Extends S3 storage to on-premises environments using AWS Outposts.
  • Suitable for workloads that require low latency access to on-premises data