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Amazon S3 Glacier

#19 · Level 1 · Core services · Storage

Concept

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S3 Glacier is “archive” storage for keeping data for a long time at a very low cost. It is now available as several storage classes inside S3, so the data stays in an S3 Bucket. In some Glacier classes the data can be read right away, and in others it takes time to get the data back. The less often you need the data, the cheaper the class you can choose. With S3 Lifecycle rules, old data can be moved into a Glacier class automatically.

Simple example

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Keeping old papers in the storeroom at home. You don’t need them every day, but you can’t throw them away either. When you need them, it takes a little time to get them out.

Why it’s needed

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Keeping old backups, or data the law says you must keep for years, in regular storage is expensive. Glacier costs much less.

Where it’s used

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Old logs, last year’s accounting files, old videos. With S3 lifecycle rules, old files can be moved into Glacier automatically.

Azure equivalent

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Azure Blob Storage Archive tier

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Amazon S3 · AWS Backup

Learn more

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For details and the latest information, see the official documentation:

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