Internet storage is the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). It is intended to simplify web computing.
Amazon S3 features a simple web services interface to store and get unlimited quantity of data from anywhere on the web at any time. It provides every developer with the same highly scalable, reliable, fast, and cheap data storage infrastructure that Amazon employs to run its own worldwide website network. This service focuses at maximising the advantages of scale and passing them on to developers.
Amazon S3 is a storage of objects that varies from other types of storage cloud computing, such as blocks and files. The metadata of each item is kept as a file. An ID number is provided for the object as well. Use this ID number to access objects for applications. This is different than the cloud file and block storage where a developer can use a representative state transfer (REST) API to access an object.
A subscriber has access to the same technology that Amazon uses for running its own websites using S3 object storage. S3 allows clients to upload, store and download virtually any file or object of a size of up to 5 TB - the maximum single upload capable of 5GB (GB).
With a basic feature set focusing on simplicity and stability, Amazon S3 is purposely created. Some of the benefits of using Amazon S3 are as follows:
