> @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@ > +--- > +layout: page > +title: "Glacier: In Depth" > +permalink: /guides/glacier/ > +--- > + > +Amazon Glacier is a cold storage service which can be used as an alternative > to traditional storage services for data archiving and backup. It is > optimized for data infrequently accessed and offers nice scalability and an > extremely low cost. There is no limit to the amount of data you can store, > and you only pay for what you use. > + > +The main downside of Glacier is its huge retrieval time. Once you've > requested your data, it will take several hours until it's ready to download. > + > +You can find more information about Amazon Glacier > [here](https://aws.amazon.com/glacier/).
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