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> [...] move to Glacier being a different storage tier in S3 I am almost certain they are playing catchup here, given that GCP had this feature for ever ("cold
by sly010 8y ago
> [...] move to Glacier being a different storage tier in S3
I am almost certain they are playing catchup here, given that GCP had this feature for ever ("coldline" storage class), last time I checked it was more expensive though.
- Twirrim 8y agoGlacier's standard archive pricing has been competitive with Coldline all along, and S3 has had the ability via lifecycle to transition to Glacier since early in Glacier's existence, so it's been effectively possible to leverage the S3 API with Glacier, just with various provisos. Glacier here seems to be dropping out an even cheaper option than they had before, provided you're happier with even longer retrieval times. Which for my purposes is perfectly fine.