s3_growth_2012_q1_1
April 6th, 2012

AmazonS3:905BillionObjectsStored,1BillionAddedEachDay

Amazon has released some fairly impressive numbers showcasing the growth of Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) over the years. By the end of the first quarter of 2012, there were 905 billion objects stored, and the service routinely handles 650,000 requests per second for those objects, with peaks that go even higher. To put that in perspective, that’s up from 262 billion objects stored just two… → Read More

June 10th, 2010

Everyone Can Now Move Data In And Out Of Amazon S3 Faster And Easier

Amazon Web Services this morning announced the general availability of AWS Import/Export for Amazon Simple Storage Service (aka S3), with a new web service interface that enables easy management of data transfers and migrations.

According to the press release, the new feature accelerates moving large amounts of data in and out using portable storage devices for transport. For large data sets, AWS… → Read More