S3 is files, but not a filesystem
March 2024
"Deep" modules, mismatched
interfaces - and why SAP is so painful
My very own "object store"
Amazon S3 is the original cloud technology: it came out in 2006.
"Objects" were popular at the time and S3 was labelled an "object store",
but everyone really knows that S3 is for files. S3 is a cloud filesystem,
not an object-whatever.
I think idea that S3 is really "Amazon Cloud Filesystem" is a
bit of a load bearing fiction. It's sort of true: S3 can store files. It's
also a very useful bel...
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