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Amazon S3 storage classes: Standard-IA

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Amazon S3 storage classes: Standard-IA

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- [Instructor] Need to store backups, disaster recovery files, or long-lived data you rarely access? What if you could cut your storage costs by 50% while keeping instant access when you need it? Meet S3 Standard-IA, Infrequent Access Storage. But what exactly is Standard-IA? It's a storage class design specifically for data that you don't access frequently, typically less than once a month, but when you do need it, you need it immediately. Standard-IA provides the same millisecond access, durability, and availability as S3 Standard, but at 50% lower storage costs. The trade-off? You pay a small fee each time you retrieve your data. This makes it perfect for backups, disaster recovery, and long-term storage where rapid access matters, but frequency doesn't. Let me demonstrate how to use Standard-IA in the AWS Console. You can select it during upload or configure lifecycle policies to automatically transition data…

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