What Is the Difference Between Amazon S3 and Ec2

7 Answers. An EC2 instance is like a remote computer running Windows or Linux and on which you can install whatever software you want, including a Web server running PHP code and a database server. Amazon S3 is just a storage service, typically used to store large binary files.

What is difference between AWS S3 and EC2?

7 Answers. An EC2 instance is like a remote computer running Windows or Linux and on which you can install whatever software you want, including a Web server running PHP code and a database server. Amazon S3 is just a storage service, typically used to store large binary files.

What is S3 bucket and EC2 instance?

AWS S3 bucket is a directory/folder where we can store any kind of data except application or OS. Why AWS called S3 bucket for directory/folder because bucket has ” Sx3″ Simple Storage Service. In S3 bucket we can store any amount of data and retrieve from anywhere on web.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

Environmental Science & Climate Journalist

James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.

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