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Given the retrieval costs, it seems to be that Glacier is better for an "if all else fails" backup. A cheap-to-store, last resort when your other backups fail.
by Osmium 14y ago
Given the retrieval costs, it seems to be that Glacier is better for an "if all else fails" backup. A cheap-to-store, last resort when your other backups fail. Still, it's nice that Arq calculates the retrieval fee for you.
- sreitshamer 14y ago(I'm the guy behind Arq) Yes. Unless you want to retrieve very slowly, in which case the "peak-hourly retrieval" fee is lower. Or retrieve just a few things (and stay under the free-retrieval maximum).
- blackdanube 14y agoDo you show the free quota in the UI as well? Or is there any option to tell it to always stay below the free quota?