Title: AWS S3 Requests
Last modified: December 22, 2017

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# AWS S3 Requests

 *  Resolved [Julian Weiland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derweili/)
 * (@derweili)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/aws-s3-requests/)
 * I’m using S3 to store my backups since 2 weeks.
    Currently I have 27 Files within
   my bucket. Yesterday I received an email telling me I reached the limit of the
   free tier because of to many requests.
 * The limit is 2000 requests and I already used 2301 PUT, COPY, POST, LIST requests
   and 790 GET Request.
 * How could this happen? How can 27 files from 3 WordPress websites cause over 
   2300 Requests within 2 weeks?
 * All three pages are set up to backup files weekly and database daily
 * I set up WordPress as described here: [http://updraftplus.com/faqs/what-settings-should-i-use-for-amazon-s3-and-how-should-i-configure-my-amazon-s3-account/](http://updraftplus.com/faqs/what-settings-should-i-use-for-amazon-s3-and-how-should-i-configure-my-amazon-s3-account/)
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Faws-s3-requests%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/aws-s3-requests/#post-9805653)
 * There doesn’t appear to be anything particularly unusual there. Uploading a file,
   and checking its upload state, can require multiple HTTP API calls; exactly how
   many will depend upon its size, and the network conditions.
 * Since AWS’s pricing is $0.005 per 1,000 requests (or $0.004 for GET requests)–
   [https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/) – and
   it looks like you’re on course for about 3,000 a month over the free allowance….
   so, requests are likely to cost you under $0.02 per month!
 * David
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/).

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 * Last reply from: [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/aws-s3-requests/#post-9805653)
 * Status: resolved