CSC/ECE 517 Spring 2015/ch1a 7 SA

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https://docs.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/document/d/1TgBtp7flIPKJwkkShgtcIkt--mtHuwVHsQX6Tpzj1rc/edit

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].

Examples