Amazon S3 Flashcards
What service is an object storage service that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance?
S3 (Simple Storage Service)
What three ways can you provide security to your S3 Buckets?
IAM Policies, S3 Bucket Policies, and IAM Roles
True or False: Buckets default to block all public access?
True
True or False: S3 can be used to host static websites?
True
Can you version objects in S3?
Yes, it is enabled at the Bucket level.
What are the two types of S3 replication?
Cross region replication and same region replication
What are the seven S3 storage classes?
General Purpose
Infrequent Access
One Zone-Infrequent Access
Glacier Instant Retrieval
Glacier Flexible Retrieval
Glacier Deep Archive
Intelligent Tiering
What does High Availability mean, example S3 is a Highly Available service?
Measures how often the service is available, High Available services are 99.99% available
What does High Durability mean, example S3 is a Highly Durable service?
Eleven 9’s of durability across multiple Availability Zones.
What is S3 Standard General Purpose?
99.99% Available storage class with frequently accessed objects.
What is S3 Infrequent Access?
99.9% Available storage class for less frequently accessed objects but that needs rapid retrieval.
What is S3 One Zone Infrequent Access?
99.5% Available storage class for less frequently accessed objects only stored in one AZ.
What is S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval?
Low cost object storage meant for archiving objects with millisecond retrieval once a quarter.
What is S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval?
o Low cost object storage meant for archiving objects with variable retrieval times starting at 1to 5 minutes.
What is S3 Glacier Deep Archive?
Low cost object storage meant for archiving objects, meant for long-term storage with two retrieval times starting at 12 hours.
