Amazon S3 Glacier and Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive are cold data storage services as part of Amazon’s popular S3 Cloud Storage platform. Glacier is considered a major alternative to the search-engine giant Google’s Coldline.
Glacier and Glacier Deep Archive are primarily designed as a long-term backup solutions for individuals and businesses. These platforms provide a comprehensive solution to securely store your data at an affordable price. Amazon claims to provide over 99.99% durability.
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What Does Cold Data Storage Mean?
Cold Data Storage is a term used to refer to any data stored on the cloud which is rarely or less frequently accessed and retrieved. The data may not be needed for several months, years or even decades.
This is an inactive type of data which is primarily stored by businesses and organizations. This includes data stored for compliance and regulatory purposes, financial, legal, surveillance and record-keeping objectives.
In late 1990s, cold data was stored on less expensive in-house storage equipment such as tapes. The problem with this medium of storage was that the tapes must be physically retrieved and mounted which would require a lot of patience and time.
Apart from businesses, individuals also use this type of storage to upload less frequently required data. This allows them to prevent their primary storage from becoming overloaded with unneeded information. Since cold data storage offers cheaper rates than ordinary cloud storage, users can store the maximum amount of data at nominal storage costs.
What Makes Amazon’s S3 Glacier & S3 Glacier Deep Archive So Famous?
AWS Glacier is widely used for scientific data storage, digital data storage, regulatory and compliance data storage, healthcare data storage, and many other purposes. But what makes it so famous?
Low Storage Costs
The best thing about Amazon Glacier is that it is very economical.
With just $1 per Terabyte every month and no monthly commitments or upfront charges, you pay for what you truly use. Amazon allows users to store several terabytes of data without having to pay expensive subscriptions.
Facilitated Data Retrievals
Just like any other cold data storage platforms, it may take from 6 hours to 24 hours for data retrieval depending on the size and nature of data. Facilitated data retrievals, on the other hand, are the fastest way to get your data. You can retrieve any information stored on your cloud platform within just 10-15 minutes.
Geographical Regions & Data Centres
Amazon let’s users choose their desired geographical region. Amazon’s cloud infrastructures are located in different parts of the world. As a result, selecting the nearest data center will allow you to get your data in a shortest span of time. A closest data-center would enable you to improve the overall retrieval speed and performance.
Enhanced Data Security
When you upload your files online, the information is translated into another form which can be de-crypted with a secret decryption key or a strong password. Your data is encrypted with no less than 256-bit advanced encryption algorithm which guarantees security of your precious information.
Integration With Third-Party Services
Amazon S3 Glacier and S3 Deep Archive offers you an option to integrate your account with AWS CloudTrail for logging and monitoring purposes. You can also use any third-party gateways to transfer your data to AWS Glacier. This feature is completely optional.
Other Features
The data integrity check feature consistently monitors your data for integrity and security purposes. There is also an option to automatically upload your data.
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