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Accounts and buckets

  • One account holds one bucket. Bucket name, region and storage class are fixed at order time. For more buckets, order more accounts under the same customer; each has its own keys and its own bill line. CreateBucket on an existing account is rejected.
  • Storage class is set per account: STANDARD (NVMe) or STANDARD_IA. All objects of the account are billed in that class.
  • Object Lock is chosen at order time and cannot be added later. It enables versioning. See Object Lock.
  • Quota: new accounts start with 1 TB for 60 days, then the quota is removed automatically.
  • Keys and users: the account has a root user. Create additional users and keys through the IAM API or in the portal; attach AmazonS3FullAccess or your own policy. Commands: AWS CLI.
  • Default lifecycle: every bucket gets a rule that aborts incomplete multipart uploads. Add your own lifecycle rules with any S3 client.
  • Lifecycle of the account: active, suspended (unpaid), pending deletion (72 hours grace after termination), purged. Termination requires an empty bucket, see Limits.