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Glacier- inaccessible storage
April 05, 2019

Glacier- inaccessible storage

Dylan Cauwels | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Glacier

We used it for long term storage solutions at a low cost. Generally, it's a backup solution for when we have legacy systems that are getting replaced by a newer application. We will throw all the associated data/files/information on the legacy application onto Glacier to be pulled out if we ever need to revamp it or reference the application for any reason.
  • Low cost, long term storage is the marketed strength of Glacier and something that it does very well
  • Great for storing data needed for compliance purposes without breaking the bank
  • Storing data that you don't need but want to ensure is there if you ever do need it. I feel very safe putting data in Glacier given its (up to) 11 9's redundancy
  • Having the option to pay to get the data back faster would be much appreciated, but given the price and the disclaimers given before storing this is an understandable inconvenience
  • Setup can be a bit difficult in certain implementations as it requires a 3rd party client to transfer data into
  • Support and download costs were higher than expected
  • Allowed us to meet compliance standards as cheaply as possible.
  • We can store more legacy data for the same budget now, giving our teams more resources to use in case they need them.
Glacier is convenient with systems already on AWS and cheaper than S3 for data that needs to be accessed infrequently. A great tool for any team to use that has a legacy system or data.
Well suited for storing data that doesn't need to be accessed but needs to be kept for compliance or support reasons later on. If you have data that you will need to access quickly once you realize you need it, be sure to either choose the quick-retrieval option of Glacier that costs more or store it in S3. Needing data quickly and not being able to retrieve it is one of the worst situations you can find yourself in at the expense of saving a few bucks.