A Centralized Depository of

Data – S3 Data Lake

A data lake is a centralized warehouse where data both
structured and unstructured can be stored. This data can be of
any size and volume and can be used for various purposes
including big data processing, machine learning, dashboards
and visualizations, and real-time analytics. With this form of
processed data, organizations can accurately make informed
operational decisions.

The Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is the biggest storage

service with infinite scalability and is hence the perfect platform
for a data lake. It is possible to increase storage capacities from
gigabytes to penta-bytes, paying only for the storage capacity
used.

There are several benefits of Amazon S3 Data Lake.

A data lake built on Amazon S3 can be used by AWS services to

run high-performance computing (HPC), big data analytics,
Machine Learning (ML), and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Hence S3
offers the flexibility to use any preferred analytics like AI, ML, or
HPC applications from the Amazon Partner Network (APN).
Amazon S3 supports a wide range of features thereby providing
storage administrators, IT Managers, and data scientists with the
authority to audit activities across data lakes, manage objects at
scale, and enforce robust IT policies. Further, with Amazon FSx
for Lustre, it is possible to process large media workloads
directly from Data Lake and launch file systems for HPC and ML
applications.

The main advantage of S3 is ensuring data durability and safety.

11 9s data durability means that if 10,000,000 objects are stored
in S3, the possibility of losing one is once in 10,000 years. Any
object uploaded on S3 on multiple systems is automatically
copied, uploaded, and stored, eliminating the possibility of
failures, threats and security breach.