S3 Storage Classes

Question 1

S3 General purpose

Answer 1

99.99%
Frequently accessed data
Low latency, high throughput
Can sustain 2 concurrent facility failures

Question 2

S3 Standard Use Cases

Answer 2

Big data analytics
Mobile & Gaming apps
Content distribution

Question 3

S3 Infrequent Access

Answer 3

Lower cost (on retrieval)
99.9% available

Question 4

S3 Infrequent Access uses

Answer 4

DR, Backups

Question 5

S3 One zone infrequent access (one zone-IA)

Answer 5

99.5% availability
High durability in a single AZ
Data lost when AZ is destroyed

Question 6

S3 One zone infrequent access uses

Answer 6

Secondary backups or data that can be recreated

Question 7

S3 Glacier purpose

Answer 7

Low cost for archival/backup

Question 8

S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval

Answer 8

Milliseond retrieval
Minimum storage: 90 days

Question 9

S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval

Answer 9

Expedited 1-5 mins
Standard (3-5 hours)
Bulk (5-12 hours)
Minimum storage 90 days

Question 10

Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive

Answer 10

Standard (12 hours), Bulk (48 hours)
Minimum storage: 180 days

Question 11

S3 Intelligent Tiering

Answer 11

Auto-tiering based on usage
Small fee

Question 12

S3 Intelligent Tiering tiers

Answer 12

Frequent (default)
Infrequent (Objects not accessed for 30 days)
Archive Instant Access (90 days)
Archive access (optional) (90-700+ days)
Deep archive access (optional) 180-700+ days