The access frequency of new S3 objects cannot be predicted.
Move data that becomes infrequently accessed to lower-cost tiers automatically.
Which storage class is most appropriate?
Use S3 Intelligent-Tiering to monitor access and move objects among access tiers as their access pattern changes.
Detailed explanation
Frequent or unpredictable access can conflict with archive retrieval time and cost.
Frequent or unpredictable access can conflict with archive retrieval time and cost.
A Standard-only policy leaves savings unused when objects become infrequently accessed.
A Standard-only policy leaves savings unused when objects become infrequently accessed.
EBS is block storage and does not provide S3 object access-tier automation.
EBS is block storage and does not provide S3 object access-tier automation.
Intelligent-Tiering monitors access and moves objects to an appropriate tier without a known pattern in advance.
Intelligent-Tiering monitors access and moves objects to an appropriate tier without a known pattern in advance.
Check official documentation
Compare the following points with the official documentation.
Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tieringの公式説明を確認する。
What to confirm
アクセス頻度の予測可否からS3ストレージクラスを選べる。
Key points
- S3 Intelligent-Tiering
- Access pattern
- Automatic tiering
Notes
- Environment: AWS公式S3ドキュメントの確認
- Confirm current AWS pricing and service behavior in the official documentation.
Foundation review
Unknown demand
Intelligent-Tiering avoids committing every object to either hot or archive storage before its use is known.
Retrieval fit
Automatic cost reduction still requires a class whose retrieval behavior fits the workload.