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Discussion on: Comparing Services for Cheap Cloud Hosting and Storage (Cloud / AWS / S3 / Amazon Cloudfront / ... ???)

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Talz Cloning

Hi KP,

My thoughts:

  1. Storage pricing is the storage you used throughout the month, charge based on actual storage used. Example you have 100GB of data and added 100GB throughout the month. You’ll be charged 200 x .025 (.025 based on Singapore Region) or (5 $) for the storage bill. Request pricing defines "POST,PUT, LIST" for uploading and "GET" for downloading files in your website its a small amount in your bill.
  2. S3 Select added new capabilities for S3 explanation here S3 Select. Its more on the applications pull out only the data you need from an object instead retrieve the entire object.
  3. Intelligent-Tiering its more on optimization storage costs. Imagine your object is accessed once in the first week and then never accessed again. AWS will handle this for you using S3 Intelligent-Tiering would move it to an infrequent access tier 30 days after its last access.
  4. S3 Glacier for archiving using cheaper storage. Example your BACKUP, or infrequent access objects.
  5. Amazon CloudFront is CDN features by AWS. Global Edge Network to distribute your web app globally to serve requests faster

Based on your requirements I can recommend AWS, cost-effective solution and security capabilities.

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KP

@geektalz thank you so much for the detailed reply. Wow - AWS is capable of a lot! You really explained it like I'm 5, which is very helpful and I appreciate it. It also gives me confidence in using AWS going forward!