AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

S3 Storage Classes

Understand the Amazon S3 storage classes, from S3 Standard to the Glacier archive tiers, and how lifecycle rules and Intelligent-Tiering move data to cut storage costs.

Beginner 18 minutes 4 Learning Objectives
  1. Explain why S3 offers multiple storage classes
  2. Compare S3 Standard, Standard-IA, One Zone-IA, and Intelligent-Tiering
  3. Describe the three Glacier classes and their retrieval times
  4. Identify how lifecycle rules and Intelligent-Tiering reduce cost