In this lesson on optimizing S3 storage costs, we’ll explore how to select the right Amazon S3 storage class and apply the right management strategies to reduce spend without impacting performance or availability. We’ll cover all eight storage classes, grouped by access frequency, and show you how to use lifecycle policies to keep data in the most cost-effective tier.

Intended Audience

This lesson is for cloud engineers, architects, and DevOps professionals who want to reduce Amazon S3 storage costs while maintaining performance, durability, and compliance.

Learning Objectives

Identify the cost and performance characteristics of each Amazon S3 storage class

Select the most cost-effective storage class based on workload access patterns

Configure lifecycle rules to automate transitions between storage classes

Apply Intelligent-Tiering for unpredictable access patterns

Use cold and archival storage classes for long-term retention at minimal cost

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should have a basic understanding of Amazon S3 concepts such as buckets, objects, and access patterns.

Optimising AWS S3 Storage Costs