Amazon S3 is a service that provides internet storage to complement developers and newer web-based businesses. Standing for "Simple Storage Service," Amazon promotes S3 as a cost effective method of attaining online infrastructure without renting servers or buying hard drive space. The storage system utilizes the same systems that facilitate Amazon's own websites, allowing users to store and access data as if it were kept on their own hardware. Official Site: Amazon S3
The Crash
On February 15, 2008, Amazon S3 suffered a large crash that crippled many of the websites that rely upon its infrastructure.Roughtype: Why S3 failed Web businesses like Smugmug and Twitter rely on S3 for storage and found the service unresponsive.Techcrunch: Amazon Web Services Goes Down, Takes Many Startup Sites With It Amazon explained the outage, which lasted about two and a half hours, as the result of too many authentication requests coming into one of their data centers.Roughtype: Why S3 failed
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Amazon S3 Sites and Services
- Amazon: Resources for Simple Storage
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U.S. pricing
$0.15/GB-month storage usedOfficial Site: Amazon S3
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European Pricing
$0.18/GB-monthAmazon.com: [1]
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Amazon guarantees 99.99% uptimeOfficial Site: Amazon S3
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Uses REST and SOAP for simple interfacing.
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Store files in sets as large as 5GB
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Users only pay for the data and bandwidth they use
