Amazon S3 Tips, Tricks, and News

Practical Amazon S3 tips, tricks, and news for AWS admins: tagging, security, cost control, lifecycle policies, IAM, and tools to manage S3 at scale.

Novel Uses of Amazon S3

In the vast arena of cloud computing, Amazon S3 stands as the undisputed heavyweight champion of scalable, durable, and secure object storage. While S3's primary role is data storage & retrieval, innovative cloud architects have demonstrated novel uses that transcend that traditional role. Let's explore some unique approaches that leverage and extend Amazon S3.

2023-10-31T15:50:07-07:00October 10, 2023|
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Amazon S3 and Data Lakes

Amazon S3 is a fundamental building block for data lakes because of S3's scalability, durability, and flexibility. With its virtually unlimited storage capacity, S3 enables organizations to ingest, store, and manage vast amounts of structured and unstructured data from diverse sources. We outline why Amazon S3 is suitable for data lakes, the strategy to use, the best AWS tools, concerns to address, and future considerations.

2025-10-24T13:38:04-07:00September 13, 2023|
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Amazon S3 Performance Optimization Strategy

Storage performance optimization is a critical aspect of managing cloud storage for users. It ensures that data is accessed and delivered efficiently, providing a seamless user experience. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a widely used cloud storage solution that can greatly benefit from performance optimization strategies. Here are some ways you can tailor your strategy to enhance the quality and performance of Amazon S3 storage.

2023-10-31T15:54:01-07:00August 29, 2023|
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Bolstering Amazon S3 Security and Compliance

The perennial Amazon workhorse S3 often stores sensitive customer, financial, intellectual property or other critical data that underpins the business. Proper Amazon S3 security and compliance management is crucial for any organization's cloud strategy. Tighten governance and controls before throwing more technology at issues by adding third-party solutions. Here are 10 ways you can address S3 security and compliance challenges cost-effectively...

2026-05-08T09:01:06-07:00August 22, 2023|
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Amazon S3 Usage Monitoring

One of the top challenges for AWS S3 administrators is monitoring S3 usage growth. As a core cloud building block, S3 usage spans multiple buckets across many accounts, apps, and users. Usage typically grows slowly over time, avoiding notice. Many tools are needed for usage visibility, and spiky or shifting access trends are hard to baseline. Careful monitoring is crucial.

2023-10-31T15:55:50-07:00August 18, 2023|
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Setting Up Smart S3 Bucket Policies

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is a powerful resource for applications that need storage on the internet. S3 is a scalable, reliable, and secure solution. The key to success is setting up smart S3 bucket policies that are beneficial to intended users but protected from prying eyes.

2023-10-31T15:56:51-07:00August 15, 2023|
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Amazon S3 Backup Strategy

Having a smart backup strategy for Amazon S3 is important. A common failure of backups is not having a clear understanding around the potential disasters you must defend against. From simple things like accidentally overwriting a file to losing your entire AWS account, you must ensure the integrity and availability of your data.

2026-07-06T08:10:08-07:00June 7, 2023|
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Amazon S3 Browsers

S3 buckets are a foundational element of AWS. Unfortunately, Amazon S3 can become a dumping ground for media and data. Managing files on S3 can become unwieldy from the AWS Console, and dealing with the many use cases poses security challenges. One of the areas that administrators struggle is simple file management, which has led to an 'aftermarket' of tools. One such segment is Amazon S3 browsers.

2025-08-13T15:32:03-07:00April 10, 2023|
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