AWS service
Amazon S3: status and incident history today
AWS Health Dashboard shows no major incidents right now; 2 minor or regional notices are open.
Last checked against AWS Health Dashboard.
Status now
AWS: Region Availability in me-central-1 (UAE), if you run there
Affects Amazon Simple Storage Service in me-central-1 (UAE). Latest update: We are providing an update on the disruption affecting the Middle East (UAE) (me-central-1) Region. After a thorough assessment, we have determined that we are unable to restore access to the resources and data hosted exclusively in the mec1-az2 Availability Zone. We continue to…
AWS: Region Availability in me-south-1 (Bahrain), if you run there
Affects Amazon Simple Storage Service in me-south-1 (Bahrain). Latest update: We are providing an update on the disruption affecting the Middle East (Bahrain) (me-south-1) Region. The damage to our infrastructure spanned multiple Availability Zones and exceeded what our regional and multi-AZ services are designed to withstand. After a thorough assessment,…
Production checklist
Amazon S3 production checklist: 6 checks before launch
- Must do: Turn on S3 Block Public Access
- Should do: Serve private files with short-lived presigned URLs
- Should do: Deny requests that don’t use TLS in the bucket policy
Alternatives
Google Cloud Storage
GCP object storage with global edge caching
Strengths
- Strong consistency
- Global CDN integration
Trade-offs
- GCP vendor lock-in
- Smaller ecosystem than S3
Cloudinary
Media management platform with transformations
Strengths
- Automatic image/video optimization
- On-the-fly transformations
Trade-offs
- Media-focused (not general purpose)
- Vendor lock-in
Azure Blob Storage
Microsoft Azure object storage service
Strengths
- Deep Azure ecosystem integration
- Multiple access tiers (hot, cool, archive)
Trade-offs
- Azure vendor lock-in
- Smaller ecosystem than S3
Backblaze B2
Cost-effective S3-compatible object storage
Strengths
- S3-compatible API
- Free egress to CDN partners (Cloudflare)
Trade-offs
- Smaller ecosystem than S3/GCS
- Limited regional availability
Example stacks with Amazon S3
Docs and release notes
Check Amazon S3 in your own stack
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