Implementing Modern DevOps

Amazon S3

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is, as described by its name, a simple way of storing a large amount of data on the cloud at a very low cost with a nice set of features. Unlike EC2 storage based on devices with predefined size, Amazon S3 is practically a key value storage that enables us to identify data with a key. Unlike other key value storage technologies, S3 is prepared to store from tiny to very large objects (up to 5 terabytes) with very low response times and that are accessible anywhere.

In the same way as EC2, Amazon S3 is a feature that has the concept of regions, but S3 does not understand availability zones: the S3 service itself manages to get the objects stored on different devices, so you don't need to ...