What are Amazon S3 storage classes?

Amazon S3 offers several storage classes tailored to different use cases:

  • S3 Standard: For frequently accessed data.
  • S3 Intelligent-Tiering: Automatically moves data between access tiers.
  • S3 Standard-IA (Infrequent Access): For data accessed less frequently.
  • S3 One Zone-IA: Similar to Standard-IA but stored in a single Availability Zone.
  • S3 Glacier: For archival data with retrieval in minutes to hours.
  • S3 Glacier Deep Archive: Lowest cost, suitable for long-term data storage.