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Amazon S3 is which type of cloud storage?
ABlock storage like the AWS EBS service
BFile storage like the AWS EFS service
CObject storage (files accessed via API)
DCold archival storage only for backups
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Object storage (files accessed via API)
S3 (Simple Storage Service) is the canonical OBJECT STORAGE. Each file is an object accessed via API, with infinite scalability. EBS = block storage; EFS = file storage; S3 Glacier = archival tier of S3.
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