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Amazon S3

Amazon S3

- [Instructor] I have my files, photos, and videos backed up to the cloud, everywhere. Dropbox, Google Drive, you name it. I probably have some files stored there. Most of the time, it's because I've run out of storage in one service, so I move to another. But this makes it so difficult to keep tabs on all my files, and I could lose important documents if I can't log into my account or remember which account I stored them in. Many of us have haphazard file storage situations when it comes to backing up to the cloud. The storage service might go down. We might be wasting money by paying for storage space for subscription service that we may not end up using. Also, when we upload the files to the cloud, it's difficult to hot link to it, meaning you can't use an image you uploaded on a service like Dropbox or Google Drive and embed it into your webpage. But fear not. AWS has a solution to all your static file storage called Amazon Simple Storage Service or Amazon S3. Amazon S3 is an…

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