Last Reviewed: 5/19/2024
S3 is a storage solution that provides object storage through a web service interface.
The basic storage mechanism allows for the creation of a storage “bucket”. Access is secured through an “access key” and a “secret access key”. Access to an item can also be made public through a URL. The URL can be set with an expiration date. S3 is designed to support encryption; versioning; replication; and batch operations.
Third party implementations (such as MinIO and others) exist. Some of these provide for high availability by providing replication as well.
A wide arrange of clients exist including using AWS portal, the AWS CLI; Cyberduck; FileZilla Pro; CloudBerry; and DragonDisk and many others.
As this is a storage solution AWS offers a number of storage solutions for a range of storage requirements. These can be referred to as storage “classes” that allows you to select a storage solution right for you. This might very from a “standard” offering with low-latency to a “glacier” version more suitable for slower access rates; lower costs more suitable for archiving and long term storage of data.
CLoudBerry Drive MSP360 $49/$119.99
CloudBerry Backup $29.99
CloudBerry Explorer (Pro $59.99)
CLI:
s3cmd
CyberDuck
S3 Browser
WinSCP
CloudBerry Explorer
FileZilla Pro
Useful URLs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_S3
