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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a remote, scalable, secure, and cost efficient storage space service provided by Amazon. Users are able to access their storage on Amazon S3 from the web, making their data accessible from virtually anywhere in the world. | Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a remote, scalable, secure, and cost efficient storage space service provided by Amazon. Users are able to access their storage on Amazon S3 from the web via REST [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer] HTTP [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol], or SOAP [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP] making their data accessible from virtually anywhere in the world. | ||
Amazon S3 provides secure storage and data is encrypted once it is uploaded. A wide range of use cases can be | Amazon S3 provides secure storage and data is encrypted once it is uploaded. A wide range of use cases can be | ||
Amazon S3 launched in March of 2006 in the United States [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=830816] and in Europe in November of 2007 [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1072982]. Since its inception, Amazon S3 has reported tremendous growth, now up to two trillion objects and on average 1.1 million requests every second! [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-s3-two-trillion-objects-11-million-requests-second/]. | |||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
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Background
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a remote, scalable, secure, and cost efficient storage space service provided by Amazon. Users are able to access their storage on Amazon S3 from the web via REST [1] HTTP [2], or SOAP [3] making their data accessible from virtually anywhere in the world.
Amazon S3 provides secure storage and data is encrypted once it is uploaded. A wide range of use cases can be
Amazon S3 launched in March of 2006 in the United States [4] and in Europe in November of 2007 [5]. Since its inception, Amazon S3 has reported tremendous growth, now up to two trillion objects and on average 1.1 million requests every second! [6].