Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Storage Classes Deep Dive

Amazon S3 offers a range of storage classes for different use cases. Did you ever ask yourself what the differences are between the available storage classes in Amazon S3 and which storage class you should choose? In this course, you learn about the storage classes available in Amazon S3 and to recognize the similarities and differences amongst the storage classes. You also learn to identify the pricing dimensions associated with each storage class. Through comparing the storage class features and pricing dimensions you learn to identify the optimal storage class to use for your workloads.

• Course level: Intermediate
• Duration: 60 minutes

Activities

This course includes online materials and a knowledge check.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

Describe Amazon S3 storage class characteristics and use cases

Compare and contrast Amazon S3 storage classes

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

• Cloud architects
• Storage architects
• Developers
• Operations engineers

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• Completed Getting Started with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
• Completed AWS Storage Offerings 

Course outline

Section 1: Storage Classes Overview

• Amazon S3 storage classes
• Storage classes for frequently accessed data
• Storage classes for infrequently accessed data
• Storage classes for unknown or changing access
• Storage classes for archiving objects
• Amazon S3 pricing
• Storage class performance comparison chart
• Knowledge check