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Amazon S3 Glacier

Read 35 Amazon S3 Glacier reviews
6,661 views|5,683 comparisons
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Rackspace Cloud Files

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Kiran Rajanna
A cost-effective solution to reduce storage and cost footprint
The main advantage of Glacier is its low cost. It is incredibly cheaper than other storage options, especially for objects you don't access... Read more →
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  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is much cheaper than competing products."
  • "There is no license, you pay for what you use."
  • "The solution is cost-effective."
  • "The product is cheap."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is expensive."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is a cost-effective solution for archiving."
  • "The pricing must be improved."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is very cheap, but the cost becomes a concern when you have a very large amount of data."

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    Which is better - Amazon's S3 Glacier or EBS (Elastic Block Store)?
    Top Answer:Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon's S3 Glacier or Elastic Block Store data storage software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Amazon's S3 Glacier, which… more »
    What do you like most about Amazon S3 Glacier?
    Top Answer:Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly scalable and available solution.
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    Top Answer:The solution's cloud storage is very expensive, and users may not be able to afford cloud storage.
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    6,661
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    5,683
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    30
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    350
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    8.7
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    out of 30 in Public Cloud Storage Services
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    Amazon Glacier
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    Overview

    Amazon Glacier is a secure, durable, and extremely low-cost cloud storage service for data archiving and long-term backup. Customers can reliably store large or small amounts of data for as little as $0.007 per gigabyte per month, a significant savings compared to on-premises solutions. To keep costs low, Amazon Glacier is optimized for infrequently accessed data where a retrieval time of several hours is suitable.

    Cloud Files provides online object storage for files and media, delivering them globally at blazing speeds over a worldwide content delivery network (CDN). You can store as many files as you want—even very large files.

    Sample Customers
    King Cpunty, Illumina, Backupify, Nearmap.com, Scribd, Baylor College of Medicine, SoundCloud
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    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company42%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Recruiting/Hr Firm8%
    Integrator4%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization29%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Comms Service Provider6%
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    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business58%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise26%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise37%
    Large Enterprise44%
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    Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 5th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 35 reviews while Rackspace Cloud Files is ranked 24th in Public Cloud Storage Services. Amazon S3 Glacier is rated 8.6, while Rackspace Cloud Files is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 Glacier writes "A cost-effective solution to reduce storage and cost footprint". On the other hand, Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Wasabi and Amazon S3, whereas Rackspace Cloud Files is most compared with Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage.

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