Hi Sara,
At OU Libraries, we've just started using Glacier in earnest. We're
tracking our glacier archives in DynamoDB tables. I've whipped up a
little python script to stick LC bags into glacier and make them
easier for us to keep track of and retrieve.
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Amazon Glacier - tracking deposits
We have been playing with Glacier, but so far neither us nor our clients have
been convinced
Howdy Sara,
I've played around a bit with Glacier. It's a bit weird to work with, but
tools keep on improving.
The real question is what you hope to accomplish with it. As its name
implies, it's designed for stuff that is basically frozen. When you take
things out, you need to do so very slowly.
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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
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
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
