Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) | Regions

Question 1

How can I Increase the number of Amazon S3 buckets that I can provision?

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Answer 1

By default, customers can provision up to 100 buckets per AWS account. However, you can increase your Amazon S3 bucket limit by visiting AWS Service Limits.

Question 2

Where is my data stored?

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Answer 2

You specify a region when you create your Amazon S3 bucket. Within that region, your objects are redundantly stored on multiple devices across multiple facilities. Please refer to Regional Products and Services for details of Amazon S3 service availability by region.

Question 3

How do I decide which region to store my data in?

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Answer 3

There are several factors to consider based on your specific application. You may want to store your data in a region that…

…is near to your customers, your data centers, or your other AWS resources in order to reduce data access latencies.

…is remote from your other operations for geographic redundancy and disaster recovery purposes.

…enables you to address specific legal and regulatory requirements.

…allows you to reduce storage costs. You can choose a lower priced region to save money. For S3 pricing information, please visit the S3 pricing page.

Question 4

I’m not in the US or Europe; can I use Amazon S3?

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Answer 4

You can use Amazon S3 regardless of your location. You just have to decide which AWS region(s) you want to store your Amazon S3 data.