It's like object storage on steroids
Introduction to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) – Cloud Storage on AWS
Do you have large amounts of data that need to be stored? Are you tired of paying high, fixed rates to store that data? What about the need for secure, encrypted file uploads and downloads? If any of these questions were answered with a resounding “yes,” then Amazon S3 might be an option worth considering.
But what is Amazon S3? With its simple web services interface, Amazon S3 provides solutions to all of these questions and many more in terms of your data storage needs. Developers can enjoy access to the same highly scalable, reliable, fast, and low-cost data storage infrastructure that Amazon runs its own global network of websites on.
With Amazon S3, you can store and retrieve as much data as you want, at any time, from anywhere on the Internet.
