Storage
CoreAmazon S3
Performance, transfer, lifecycle, versioning, backups, events, and content delivery recur.
Key points
- S3 operations span transfer performance, lifecycle, versioning, backup inputs, events, and content-delivery origins.
Best-known use cases
- D1.3, D2.3, and D3.2: optimize, protect, or automate the named object-storage path with the control that matches the requirement.
What candidates often confuse it with
- Multipart upload changes upload mechanics, DataSync manages transfers, Lifecycle changes stored-object treatment, and Versioning preserves later object states.
Key takeaway
Separate S3 transfer, retention, version, event, and delivery requirements before choosing a feature.
Related services
- AWS Backup
- Amazon EBS
- Amazon EFS
Relevant exam tasks
- D1.3 — Task 1.3: Implement performance optimization strategies for compute, storage, and database resources.
- 1.3.1 — Optimize compute resources and remediate performance problems by using performance metrics, resource tags, and AWS tools.
- D2.3 — Task 2.3: Implement backup and restore strategies.
- 2.3.1 — Automate snapshots and backups for AWS resources (for example, EC2 instances, RDS DB instances, EBS volumes, S3 buckets, DynamoDB tables) by using AWS services (for example, AWS Backup).
- D3.2 — Task 3.2: Automate the management of existing resources.
- 3.2.1 — Use AWS services to automate operational processes (for example, Systems Manager).