Analytics for the Internet of Things (IoT)

Simple Storage Service (S3)

S3 is an object-based storage service. It automatically handles scaling and redundancy. The multiple copies of files are made across multiple devices and locations automatically. Durability is extremely high at 99.999999999% over a given year. A single file can be from 0 bytes to 5 terabytes. Overage storage size is limited only by your bank account.

Objects are the base entity stored in Amazon S3, but you can think of it simply as a file that can be of (almost) any size or type. Everything is contained in what is called a bucket. Buckets are the highest level S3 namespace and are linked to the AWS account that owns it. S3 buckets are like internet domain names. Objects have a unique key value and are retrieved ...