•Objects:
–Opaque data to be stored (1 byte … 5 Gigabytes)
–Authentication and access controls
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•Buckets:
–Object container – any number of objects
–100 buckets per account / buckets are “owned”
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•Keys:
–Unique object identifier within bucket
–Up to 1024 bytes long
–Flat object storage model
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•Standards-Based
Interfaces:
–REST and SOAP
–URL-Addressability – every object has a URL
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