What is Amazon Glacier (S3 Glacier) and what are its retrieval options?

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AWS Cloud Practitioner — Medium

What is Amazon Glacier (S3 Glacier) and what are its retrieval options?

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Amazon Glacier (S3 Glacier) is a cold data archival storage class with retrieval options: Expedited (1-5 minutes), Standard (3-5 hours), and Bulk (5-12 hours). It is designed for data accessed rarely with retrieval costs per GB.