S3

S3

1. Storage Type

   • NOT a Block storage
     • operates at a lower level- the raw storage device level-and manages data as a set of numbered, fixed-size blocks. 
   • NOT a File storage
     • operates at a higher level-the operating system level-and manages data as a named hierarchy of files and folders.
   • IS Cloud object storage
     • Instead of managing data as blocks or files using SCSI, CIFS, or NFS protocols, data is managed as objects using