3 Storage Classes

S3 Bucket

Types of S3 Storage Classes:

1. Amazon S3 Standard (S3 Standard)
2. Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering (S3 Intelligent-Tiering)
3. Amazon S3 Express One Zone
4. Amazon S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA)
5. Amazon S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-IA)
6. Amazon S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval
7. Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval
8. Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
9. Amazon S3 Outposts (S3 Outposts)

Explanations:
1. Amazon S3 Standard (S3 Standard)
Use Case: Frequently accessed data.
Features:
High durability and availability.
Low latency, high throughput.
Suitable for cloud applications, dynamic websites, content distribution,
mobile and gaming apps, big data analytics.
Availability: 99.99% (SLA 99.9%).

2. Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering (S3 Intelligent-Tiering)

Use Case: Data with unknown or changing access patterns.
Features:
Automatic cost savings.
Moves data between access tiers based on access frequency.
No retrieval fees.
Same performance as S3 Standard.
 Monthly monitoring and automation charge.
Availability: 99.9%.

3. Amazon S3 Express One Zone

Use Case: High-performance, latency-sensitive applications.
Features:
Single-digit millisecond data access.
Stored in a single Availability Zone.
Lower latency and cost compared to S3 Standard.
Optimized for analytics and ML workloads.
Availability: 99.95% (SLA 99.9%).

4. Amazon S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-

IA)

Use Case: Infrequently accessed data needing rapid access.

Features:
Lower storage cost, high performance.
Suitable for long-term storage, backups, disaster recovery.
Low latency, high throughput.
Retrieval fee applies.
Availability: 99.9%.

5. Amazon S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-

IA)
Use Case: Infrequently accessed data, recreatable if AZ is lost.
Features:
Lower cost than Standard-IA (20% less).
Stored in a single Availability Zone.
Suitable for secondary backups, easily recreatable data.
Low latency, high throughput.
Availability: 99.5%.

6. Amazon S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval

Use Case: Rarely accessed long-lived data needing immediate retrieval.
 Features:
Lowest-cost storage for instant retrieval.
Milliseconds retrieval.
Suitable for medical images, media assets, user-generated content.
Availability: 99.9%.

7. Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval

Use Case: Archive data accessed 1-2 times per year.

Features:
Lower-cost storage with flexible retrieval times.
Retrieval options: minutes to hours, free bulk retrievals.
Suitable for backup, disaster recovery.
Availability: 99.999999999% durability, 99.99% availability.

8. Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive

Use Case: Long-term data retention, compliance archives.

Features:
Lowest-cost storage.
Retrieval within 12-48 hours.
Suitable for compliance, digital preservation, tape replacement.
Availability: 99.999999999% durability, 99.99% availability.

9. Amazon S3 Outposts (S3 Outposts)

Use Case: Local data residency requirements.

Features:
Object storage on-premises using S3 APIs.
Designed for durability and redundancy on Outposts.
Suitable for local data residency, demanding performance needs.
Supports S3 Lifecycle expiration actions.

Storage Use Cases First Byte Durability Designed Availabi

Class Latency for SLA
Availability

S3 General milliseconds 99.999999999% 99.99% 99.9%

Standard purpose (11 nines),
Storage Use Cases First Byte Durability Designed Availabi
Class Latency for SLA
Availability

storage for stores data

frequently across ≥3 AZs
accessed
data
S3 Automatic milliseconds 99.999999999% 99.9% 99%
Intelligent- cost savings (11 nines),
Tiering* for data with stores data
unknown or across ≥3 AZs
changing
access
patterns
S3 High single-digit 99.999999999% 99.95% 99.9%
Express performance milliseconds (11 nines),
One Zone storage for stores data in 1
your most AZ
frequently
accessed
data
S3 Infrequently milliseconds 99.999999999% 99.9% 99%
Standard- accessed (11 nines),
IA data that stores data
needs across ≥3 AZs
millisecond
access
S3 One Re- milliseconds 99.999999999% 99.5% 99%
Zone-IA creatable (11 nines),
infrequently stores data in 1
accessed AZ
data
S3 Long-lived milliseconds 99.999999999% 99.9% 99%
Glacier data that is (11 nines),
Instant accessed a stores data
Retrieval few times across ≥3 AZs
per year
with instant
retrievals
Storage Use Cases First Byte Durability Designed Availabi
Class Latency for SLA
Availability

S3 Backup and minutes or 99.999999999% 99.99% 99.9%

Glacier archive data hours (11 nines),
Flexible that is rarely stores data
Retrieval accessed across ≥3 AZs
and low cost
S3 Archive data hours 99.999999999% 99.99% 99.9%
Glacier that is very (11 nines),
Deep rarely stores data
Archive accessed across ≥3 AZs
and very low
cost