--- title: "AWS S3 bucket: understanding of this service and how to use it" description: "Before delving into the details of S3 bucket or as it is also called as Amazon S3 bucket, “How to access S3 bucket”, etc." author: "Karl Sorrel" published: 2019-05-10 updated: 2019-09-07 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/65245/aws-s3-bucket-understanding-of-this-service-and-how-to-use-it category: "cloud computing" tags: ["cloud computing"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # AWS S3 bucket: understanding of this service and how to use it Amazon S3 is short for Amazon Simple Storage Server and it is a simple [file storage](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/34449/difference-between-object-block-and-file-storage), where [objects](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33710/creating-objects-in-salesforce) such as music, videos, photos, [documents](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/156931/the-main-types-of-business-documents), etc., are stored into so-called buckets. You can apply different kinds of [security policies](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/105181/how-to-implement-mobile-security-policies-in-business-networks) to the AWS S3 bucket: either make it [private](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/155586/what-is-a-private-assembly), public or share the rights between users. The [namespace](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/681/namespace-and-class) of buckets is one for all users, that is why according to this fact, S3 bucket name should be unique. So, as it was mentioned above, it is just a simple file storage on the Internet. Nevertheless, we wouldn’t call Amazon S3 simple, as you are provided with just as much [storage space](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/108733/what-are-quick-solutions-for-a-phone-with-low-storage-space) as you need. Want 10MB, 1GB or even 5000GB? It does not matter, as there are absolutely no restrictions. However, you should keep in mind the [maximum size](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2276/what-s-the-maximum-size-of-a-row) per file and that is 5 GB. ![AWS S3 bucket: understanding of this service and how to use it](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/a95ca88c-2c26-45a1-9e59-d39423d3f65c/images/ad89b0a8-f03f-4f7e-a0fe-de6f35ab35ba.png)\ Continue reading --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/65245/aws-s3-bucket-understanding-of-this-service-and-how-to-use-it Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.