S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past

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Today, nearly every data-intensive system is being built around S3. You need a separate metadata store (e. g. , DynamoDB, FoundationDB) because S3 itself cannot efficiently serve small, random lookups. Amazon’s SSD-based offering, S3 Express One Zone, launched in 2023.

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