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Amazon S3 storage classes: Intelligent-tiering

Amazon S3 storage classes: Intelligent-tiering

- [Instructor] Are you tired of manually moving data between storage classes to save costs? What if AWS could do it automatically for you without impacting performance or retrieval times? That's where intelligent tiering comes in. So what is Intelligent tiering? It's AWS's smart storage class that automatically monitors your data access patterns and moves objects between different access tiers to optimize costs. Unlike other storage classes, where you need to predict access patterns, intelligent tiering adapts in real time. This is the only cloud storage class that delivers automatic cost savings without operational overhead, performance impact or retrieval fees, making it perfect for data with unpredictable or changing access patterns. Let's see how intelligent tiering works in the AWS console. When you create a new bucket or modify an existing one, you'll find intelligent tiering as a storage class option. Here in the…

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