File, Block and Object Storage

I was in an AWS class today, where they were talking about S3, and how it is “object storage”. But what does that mean? One way to explain it is to contrast it with other types of file storage, namely File and Block Storage.
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Tags: aws, blockstorage, ebs, efs, filestorage, objectstorage, s3

AWS approximate storage costs

This post covers some high-level cost approximations for data storage in AWS. I find this a useful rule of thumb, and please see the long list of caveats and notes below, but as a rough approximation of ballpark costs…

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Tags: aws, ebs, efs, s3, storage, storagecosts

AWS S3 SLAs

According to the AWS S3 docs, S3 is designed for 99.99% availability over a given year, but their SLA compensates you when availability drops below 99.9% monthly uptime. That is, you will receive some level of refund (up to 25%) if there is more than 43 minutes of downtime per month.

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Tags: aws, s3, servicelevelagreements, SLAs