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Glacier

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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

All are low-cost, long-term object storage options designed for rarely accessed data. They trade lower storage price for higher retrieval latency and/or retrieval fees, making them best for archives, compliance records, and backups kept for long retention.

AWS
Amazon S3 Glacier
AZ
Azure Blob Storage Archive access tier
GCP
Google Cloud Storage Archive Storage
OCI
OCI Object Storage Archive tier

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