> +Archives are the basic storage unit in Glacier. An archive has an unique > identifier and an optional description. The identifier is set by Amazon when > the archive is uploaded, and the service returns its ID. > + > +##### Multipart upload > +In order to upload an archive in parts, we need to create a new multipart > upload. Each multipart upload is associated to a vault. > + > +##### Job > +A Job represents a request we send to Glacier to read data. When a Job > finishes it produces an output > +that we can read. The estimated time to finish a job is ~4-5 hours. > + > +There are two different kind of jobs: > +* Inventory retrieval: Used to list the archives within a vault. > +* Archive retrieval: Used to read an archive. > + > +**Note**: Inventories are updated only once every 24 hours. The archive list > in an inventory may be outdated. > + > +There are also two different ways to discover if a Job has finished: by > polling or setting a Notification-Configuration to the Vault. This > Notification-Configuration will tell to an Amazon SNS when is the data ready > to be retrieved. Only one Notification-Configuration can be set per Vault.
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