AWSprovidesyouwithanumberofdatastorageoptions.I’vebeenusingS3withArqforpersonabackups,andwithAWSCLItoolsallmyservers.Ihavearotationpolicytokeep7days,thenaweeklybackupfor4weeks,andamonthlybackupfor3months…allworkingperfectly,butinrealityIrarelyuseanyoftheseoldbackups…sowhynotarchivingthem?It’s10xcheapertodoso!
STANDARD-99.%durability.S3’sdefaultstorageoption,startingat$0.125perGBRRS-99.99%durability.S3’sReducedRedundancyStorageoption,startingat$0.093perGBGLACIER-99.%durability,objectarchivedinGlacieroption,startingat$0.010perGB
TodayIwouldliketofocusonAmazonS3andAmazonGlacierandanewandpowerfulwayforyoutousebothofthemtogether.
Bot.AmazonS3wasdesignedforrapidretrieval.Glacier,incontrast,tradesoffretrievaltimeforcost,providingstorageforaslittleat$0.01perGigabytepermonthwhileretrievingdatawithinthreetofivehours.
Howwouldyouliketohavethebestofbothworlds?HowaboutrapidretrievaloffreshdatastoredinS3,withautomatic,policy-drivenarchivingtolowercostGlacierstorageasyourdataages,alongwitheasy,API-drivenorconsole-poweredretrieval?
Soundgood?Awesome,becausethat’swhatwehave!YoucannowuseAmazonGlacierasastorageoptionforAmazonS3.