Maximizing Data Science Efficiency with Amazon S3: A Comprehensive Guide — Part 2

S3 Lifecycle Management and Security

S3 Lifecycle Management

S3 Lifecycle Management is a feature that enables you to automatically manage the lifecycle of your S3 objects. With S3 Lifecycle Management, you can define lifecycle policies that automate the process of transitioning objects to different storage classes or deleting objects based on predefined rules.

S3 Lifecycle policies consist of two parts: a transition rule and an expiration rule. The transition rule specifies when an object should be transitioned to a different storage class, while the expiration rule specifies when an object should be deleted. You can use S3 Lifecycle policies to move objects to the Glacier storage class for long-term storage or to delete objects that are no longer needed.

To create a lifecycle policy, you need to define the following parameters: