Glacier

intermediate
data
Enhanced Content

Definition

AWS long-term archival storage service for data you rarely access. Like putting old documents in a warehouse - cheaper to store but takes time to retrieve.

Real-World Example

A company stores old employee records in Glacier for compliance, accessing them only when legally required.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

These services offer long-term archival storage solutions, each with varying retrieval times and pricing structures, designed for infrequently accessed data.

AWS
Amazon S3 Glacier
AZ
Azure Blob Storage Archive Tier
GCP
Google Cloud Storage Archive
OCI
OCI Archive Storage

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