Amazon S3

S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon. It is highly scalable and makes it easy to access storage over the internet. You can use S3 for storing and retrieving virtually unlimited amounts of data at any time from anywhere. It provides you with access to a highly scalable, reliable, efficient, and low-cost storage infrastructure that is used by Amazon to run its own global network of websites.

S3 is ideally suggested for storing static content such as graphics files, documents, log files, audio, video, compressed files, and so on. Virtually any type of data in any file format can be stored on S3. Currently, the permissible object size in S3 is 0 bytes to 5 TB. Objects in S3 are stored in a bucket. A bucket is a logical unit in S3 that is just like a folder. Buckets are created at root level in S3 with a globally unique name. You can store objects and also folders inside a bucket. Any number of objects can be stored in each bucket. There is a soft limit of 100 buckets...