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minus-squarecapitallinkfedilinkEnglish7•11 months agoRetrieval times get tricky with Glacier though. I’d hate to be working on a story, especially with a deadline (if he has those), and be forced to wait on Glacier to retrieve a file. Hope it’s the one you need on the first try too…
minus-square@sndrtj@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoThere’s various glacier tiers. Something like Glacier Flexible has retrieval times in minutes, while still having a per-GB cost that is 6x cheaper than regular S3.
Retrieval times get tricky with Glacier though.
I’d hate to be working on a story, especially with a deadline (if he has those), and be forced to wait on Glacier to retrieve a file.
Hope it’s the one you need on the first try too…
There’s various glacier tiers. Something like Glacier Flexible has retrieval times in minutes, while still having a per-GB cost that is 6x cheaper than regular S3.