Amazon S3 Add-On (Simple Storage Service) - What is it?

Tyler MacDonald Updated by Tyler MacDonald

The shopVOX Amazon S3 storage solution is available as a paid add-on for shopVOX. For the latest pricing information, please contact billing@shopvox.com or visit www.shopvox.com/pricing. To utilize this service, you must have both the shopVOX Amazon S3 Add-On and an active Amazon S3 account.

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is a scalable object storage service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is designed to store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere on the web. S3 is commonly used for a variety of purposes, including data backup and recovery, data archiving, web and mobile application hosting, content distribution, and more.

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Key features of Amazon S3 include:

  1. Scalability: S3 can scale easily to accommodate growing amounts of data. It can store an unlimited number of objects, and each object can range in size from a few bytes to terabytes.
  2. Durability and Reliability: S3 is designed for 99.999999999% (11 9's) durability, meaning that your data is highly resilient to hardware failures and is redundantly stored across multiple locations.
  3. Security: S3 provides various security features, including access control lists (ACLs), bucket policies, and integration with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to control who can access your data.
  4. Data Lifecycle Management: S3 supports policies that allow you to automate the migration of objects between storage classes or the expiration of objects based on predefined rules.
  5. Versioning: S3 supports versioning, which enables you to keep multiple versions of an object in the same bucket. This is useful for data recovery and maintaining historical changes.
  6. Server Access Logging: S3 can log all requests made to the bucket, providing valuable information for auditing and monitoring purposes.
  7. Data Transfer Acceleration: Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration uses the CloudFront global content delivery network to accelerate uploading and downloading of objects.

To use Amazon S3, you create "buckets" to store your objects. Objects can be files, images, videos, or any other type of data. Each object is assigned a unique key within the bucket for identification.

Amazon S3 is a foundational service in AWS and is widely used by businesses and developers for its reliability, scalability, and ease of use in managing and storing data in the cloud.

How is the Data Stored?

When you upload assets to shopVOX, the system automatically creates a structured folder system to organize your data. Your data is stored on Amazon S3 in these organized folder structures. The images below illustrate examples of the file folder structures that shopVOX generates for storing your assets.

Example 1 - Top level Structure

Example 2 - Customer Folders

Example 3 - Transaction Types

Example 4 - Jobs

Example 5 - Assets

Amazon S3 provides a robust and scalable solution for data storage, making it an excellent choice for businesses of all sizes. With its advanced features such as versioning, lifecycle management, and strong security measures, S3 ensures that your data is not only easily accessible but also highly protected.

By integrating Amazon S3 with shopVOX, you benefit from seamless data management, ensuring that your digital assets are organized and readily available. This integration empowers your business to focus on what it does best, while shopVOX and Amazon S3 handle your data storage needs efficiently and securely.

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