Cloud storage is a fundamentally important aspect of cloud computing. Consequently, it is vital that as a developer, you recognize how AWS implements storage across the AWS Cloud. In this course, you'll learn how the EC2 service uses instance stores and Elastic Block Store for volatile and persistent storage. You'll then learn how CloudFront implements a global content delivery network. Next, you'll examine how AWS implements Elastic File System for file storage and sharing and you'll see how Amazon Simple Storage Service uses buckets to store objects. You'll learn about the various resources and tools AWS provides for migrating data to the cloud and how Amazon S3 implements versioning and encryption. You'll examine how to use Amazon S3 for hosting static web sites and how to enable and configure cross-origin resource sharing in S3. Next, you'll explore the consistency models used by AWS and considerations related to S3 performance. Lastly, you'll see how data is archived in Amazon S3 Glacier. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified Developer - Associate 2020 certification exam.