# S3 Storage Engine

- [Using the S3 Storage Engine](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/s3-storage-engine/using-the-s3-storage-engine.md): This guide covers typical use cases for the S3 engine, such as archiving inactive tables, and details supported operations like ALTER TABLE and SELECT.
- [S3 Status Variables](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/s3-storage-engine/s3-storage-engine-status-variables.md): A list of status variables for monitoring the S3 engine's interactions with the cloud service, although specific variables are not extensively documented here.
- [S3 System Variables](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/s3-storage-engine/s3-storage-engine-system-variables.md): This page lists system variables to configure the S3 engine, including AWS credentials, bucket names, page cache sizes, and connection protocols.
- [S3 Engine Internals](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/s3-storage-engine/s3-storage-engine-internals.md): Learn about the internal architecture of the S3 engine, which inherits from Aria code but redirects reads to S3, using a dedicated page cache.
- [Testing Connections to S3](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/s3-storage-engine/testing-the-connections-to-s3.md): Instructions on how to verify your S3 configuration using tools like \`aria\_s3\_copy\` and the \`mysql-test-run\` suite to ensure proper connectivity.
- [aria\_s3\_copy](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/s3-storage-engine/aria_s3_copy.md): A reference for the \`aria\_s3\_copy\` tool, which is used to manually copy Aria tables to and from S3 storage for testing and data migration.


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