Amazon S3 Tips, Tricks, and Resources
The History of Amazon S3
In March 2006, Amazon S3 was officially launched by Amazon Web Services, one of the first services offered. S3 (Simple Storage Service) played a pivotal role in the development of cloud computing. Amazon S3 has undergone several significant changes and continuous improvements since its launch. While it's challenging to cover every incremental change, here's an overview of major overhauls and milestones in the history of Amazon S3.
Strategy for Organizing Your Amazon S3 Buckets
Effectively organizing your Amazon S3 buckets is crucial for maintaining a scalable & manageable storage structure. We share a few useful techniques to help you create a strategy for organizing your Amazon S3 buckets over time.
High Availability with Amazon S3
Mitigating the impact of potential service outages and planning for high availability is imperative to ensure the reliability and resilience of your applications and data stored in Amazon S3. A well-defined high availability strategy for Amazon S3 ensures uninterrupted access to critical data, even in the face of unforeseen events. A comprehensive approach, supported by regular audits and training, fortifies data integrity and operational continuity, fostering trust and confidence in service reliability.
Innovative Uses of Tags in Amazon S3
Although we've written about tagging in AWS before, we wanted to drill down on tagging with Amazon S3. To reiterate, tags are metadata elements that you can assign to your buckets and objects. They are key-value pairs that allow you to organize, track, and manage resources more efficiently. Innovative uses of tags in Amazon S3 can bring numerous benefits such as cost savings, improved user experience, and increased security. Let's dig in on innovative uses for tags in Amazon S3.
Identity Federation in AWS
Identity Federation in AWS involves connecting an AWS environment with an external identity provider to enable users to access AWS resources using their existing credentials from the external system. This approach avoids the need for separate AWS-specific identities for users and allows for Single Sign-On capabilities.
