S3 Architecture Diagram

Visual Architecture Guide

Data Lake Architecture

Raw Data Zone

Ingest data in original format

  • • S3 Standard storage class
  • • Partitioned by date/source
  • • Lifecycle to IA after 30 days

Processed Data Zone

Cleaned and transformed data

  • • Parquet/ORC formats
  • • Optimized for analytics
  • • Athena/Redshift ready

Curated Data Zone

Business-ready datasets

  • • Aggregated data
  • • Business logic applied
  • • Dashboard ready

Static Website Hosting

S3 Bucket

Static website files (HTML, CSS, JS)

CloudFront

Global CDN for fast delivery

Route 53

DNS routing to CloudFront

Backup Architecture

Primary Region

Production S3 bucket with versioning

Cross-Region Replication

Automatic replication to DR region

Lifecycle Policies

Transition to Glacier for long-term storage

Multi-Tier Storage Architecture

Hot Tier

S3 Standard - Frequent access

Warm Tier

S3 IA - Infrequent access

Cold Tier

Glacier - Archive storage

Deep Cold

Deep Archive - Long-term

Architecture Design Tips

  • • Design for scalability and cost optimization from the start
  • • Use CloudFront for global content distribution and caching
  • • Implement proper data lifecycle management policies
  • • Consider cross-region replication for disaster recovery
  • • Use appropriate storage classes based on access patterns
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