System Design on AWS

Chapter 8. AWS Storage Services

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While Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 of this book illustrate multiple storage types and solutions, this chapter explores AWS-specific storage services, which map to different kinds of storage solutions present in the market. We’ll start our deep dive with traditional storage services like block storage and then move towards various kinds of databases used to store data identifying business and technical requirements.

Referring back to our real-life example of Cafe Delhi Heights from Chapter 9, Cafe Delhi Heights is going online where customers can look for available food items and place an order from the chain of restaurants. To provide the best customer experience and food delivery services online, Cafe Delhi Heights will store data such as restaurant images, food menu, marketing campaigns information, etc. on AWS storage services. Cafe Delhi Heights has given us the job to make this happen. Let’s dig ...