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About the Amazon S3 Glacier

• Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly durable cloud storage service optimized for long-term archival and digital preservation with cost-effective pricing. It provides 99.999999999% (11 nines) durability by redundantly storing data across multiple availability zones. S3 Glacier offers three main storage classes tailored for different archive access needs:

  • S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval: Millisecond retrieval for infrequently accessed data requiring immediate access, ideal for media assets, medical images, and compliance data.

  • S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval: Cost-effective archival storage with retrieval times ranging from minutes to hours, suitable for backups and disaster recovery.

  • S3 Glacier Deep Archive: The lowest-cost storage class designed for data accessed once or twice a year, with retrieval within 12-48 hours.

The service supports data immutability with WORM-capable Object Lock, encryption, detailed auditing through AWS CloudTrail, and compliance with standards such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, and more. It integrates seamlessly with the AWS ecosystem, providing lifecycle policies for automatic data tiering and retention.