Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

Question 1

What service manages objects so that they are stored cost effectively?

Answer 1

Amazon S3 Lifecycle

Question 2

What is an S3 lifecycle configuration?

Answer 2

A set of rules that define actions that Amazon S4 applies to a group of objects.

Question 3

What are the two types of actions that S3 Lifecycles partakes?

Answer 3

Transition Actions: actions define when objects transition to another storage class. Ex) transition objects to S3 Standard IA storage class 30 days after creation or archive objects to S3 Glacier Flexible Retreival storage class one year after creating

Expiration Actions: define when objects expire. S3 deletes without prompt