Amazon Web Services S3 (Simple Storage Service) is a fully managed cloud storage service designed to store and access any amount of data anywhere. It is an object-based storage system that enables data storage and retrieval while providing various features such as data security, high availability, and easy access. Its scalability, durability, and security make it popular with businesses of all sizes.
Apache Iceberg is an open-source tabular format for data warehousing that enables efficient and scalable data processing on cloud object stores, including AWS S3. It is designed to provide efficient query performance and optimize data storage while supporting ACID transactions and data versioning. The Iceberg format is optimized for cloud object storage, enabling fast query processing while minimizing storage costs.