Have you looked at google's cloud storage "nearline"? it is about $0.01 per gigabyte per month with about 3 second access time http://googlecloudplatform.blogspot.com/2015/03/introducing-Google-Cloud-Storage-Nearline-near-online-data-at-an-offline-price.html
-----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cary Gordon Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 7:49 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Amazon Glacier - tracking deposits We have been playing with Glacier, but so far neither us nor our clients have been convinced of its cost-effectiveness. A while back, we were discussing a project with 15 PB of archival assets, and that would certainly have made Glacier cost-effective, saving about $30k/mo. over S3, although requests could cut into that. The Glacier location is in the format /<Account ID>/vaults/<Vault Name>/archives/<Archive ID>, so you might want to consider using the whole string. Thanks, Cary > On Apr 8, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Sara Amato <sam...@willamette.edu> wrote: > > Has anyone leapt on board with Glacier? We are considering using it for > long term storage of high res archival scans. We have derivative copies for > dissemination, so don't intend touching these often, if ever. The question > I have is how to best track the Archive ID that glacier attaches to > deposits, as it looks like that is the only way to retrieve information if > needed (though you can attach a brief description also that appears on the > inventory along with the id.) We're considering putting the ID in Archivist > Toolkit, where the location of the dissemination copies is noted, but am > wondering if there are other tools out there specific for this scenario that > people are using.
