Object Storage Classes

S3 is a highly economical object storage service used for a wide variety of purposes, from website hosting, and backups to data lakes and analytics. These use cases vary in the access frequency and required latency. Using the same bucket for all use cases is not only expensive but unfeasible.

Amazon S3 storage classes offer a range of options to optimize costs, performance, and durability based on the specific needs of different data types and access patterns. These storage classes can be broadly categorized among general purposes, unknown and changing access, high performance, infrequent access, and archival purposes.

Lets learn how S3 helps us to deal with multiple use cases.

Amazon S3 Standard

S3 standard is a general-purpose storage class suitable for frequently accessed data that requires low latency and high throughput. It offers high durability, availability, and performance, making it ideal for a wide range of use cases, including website content, mobile applications, and data analytics.

Amazon S3 Express One Zone

S3 Express One Zone is a high-performance storage class built to deliver consistent single-digit millisecond first-byte latency. It is ideal for frequently accessed and latency-sensitive applications. It is 10 times speedier and 50% more cost-effective as compared to the Standard S3.

While creating an S3 bucket, we can select the region that stores data in a minimum of three availability zones. However, with S3 Express One Zone, we specify an availability zone to create the bucket in which the bucket is highly available. Also, it stores data in a different kind of S3 bucket called an Amazon S3 directory bucket. The Amazon S3 Directory Bucket allows hundreds of thousands of requests per second which lends the high performance ability to S3 Express One Zone.

S3 Express One Zone offers high data durability, integrity, and security. However, one downside is that if we ...