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Storage Options on AWS: S3 and RDS
Everything to know about storage variants in the cloud
In the previous article, we covered three available variations for data storage on AWS: Instance Store, EBS, and EFS. Those are solid and powerful services but not the only ones. AWS offers a few more services for storing data that a widely used. We will finalize the comprehensive options for storage on the cloud platform from Amazon.
Simple Storage Service
One of the AWS components that were in the initial release is Simple Storage Service or the well-known S3. This is object storage in the cloud. It keeps the data in the buckets - a virtual container. The objects in each bucket have a name, that identifies the object path. Both bucket and object names represent an URL for accessing the object. For example, if the file is public, we can reach it via https://bucket-name/object-name.
S3 is indeed a “simple” service and looks straightforward. We can upload files to it in the AWS console with a drag-and-drop interface or through the command-line interface. And then the files become available to the rest of the world or to a restricted audience.
But what is the real benefit of using S3? What does highlight it from the other services?
