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A long time ago, we deleted/disabled our aws account and I assumed that all my files on s3 would also get deleted. When we reactivated the account a few yearss
by bluelu 5y ago
A long time ago, we deleted/disabled our aws account and I assumed that all my files on s3 would also get deleted.
When we reactivated the account a few yearss later, we were retroactively billed for all the files in the s3 bucket. We got the money back though.
- koolba 5y agoThat sounds like a great long term “shit hits the fan” backup idea: 1) Upload an encrypted blob to an S3 unique AWS account with a burner credit card. 2) Cancel the account. 3) If you ever need to restore the data, restore the account and pay the difference. Since uploads are free you just do this to a new account every so often and you’ll only need to pay the time difference of the most recent backup!
- personjerry 5y agoThis defeats the purpose of a backup because they could delete your data at any time.
- jopsen 5y agoYeah, but the idea of a backup service where you only pay when you need to restore isn't bad :)
- Twirrim 5y agoPast performance does not guarantee future behaviour. Just because S3 did this at one stage means no guarantee they'll act that way in the future. That's not a bet you should be making with important data.
- mywittyname 5y agoGlacier deep storage tier is 100x cheaper than standard tier and is guaranteed to work in a SHTF scenario.
- spicybright 5y agoYikes. Do you mind giving a ballpark on how much you owed?