How to view what Storage Class is used for a particular object
How to switch to Reduced Redundancy Storage
How to switch whole Bucket to Reduced Redundancy Storage

S3 Browser allows you to easily determine what storage class is used for a particular object.
All you need to do is to select desired object and open Properties Tab.

Object Properties. Reduced Redundancy Storage is used for an object s3browser-2-3-1.exe

Currently Amazon S3 provides two storage options: STANDARD and REDUCED_REDUNDANCY.

If you are storing your object with STANDARD storage option, Amazon S3 guarantes 99.999999999% durability and to sustain the concurrent loss of data in two facilities. If you are using REDUCED_REDUNDANCY, you may expect 99.99% durability and to sustain the loss of data in a single facility.

Why you may want to use Reduced Redundancy Storage? Pricing for Amazon S3 Reduced Redundancy Storage starts at only $0.10 per gigabyte per month and decreases as you store more data. So, you may want to reduce your costs by storing non-critical, reproducible data at lower levels of redundancy than the standard storage of Amazon S3

With S3 Browser you can also easily switch to Reduced Redundancy Storage format. Storage class can be changed for a single file as well as for a multiple objects or for a whole bucket. Check out step-by-step instructions below to learn how.

To edit Storage Class for a single file

1. Select the file you want to edit and click Properties tab.
   Select a file or multiple files and open Properties tab to modify Storage Class.
2. Select REDUCED_REDUNDANCY Storage Class from corresponding drop-down list
   Select REDUCED_REDUNDANCY Storage Class from corresponding drop-down list
3. Click the Apply Button to save changes.
   Click the Apply Button to save changes.

To edit Storage Class for a multiple files

If you want to change Storage Class for a multiple files, you need to select these files and change Storage Class as described above. If you have folders inside a bucket, you may want to apply new Storage Class for all files inside these folders. Then you need to use Apply to child objects option. If this option is enabled, S3 Browser will enumerate all files inside a folder and apply new Storage Class for them.