From f6a28f6770a1377b3cc52db3f75082b995e9cd20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kazuyukitanimura Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 22:23:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Adding another Gotcha for Glacier --- README.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 44cb9f0..e568dce 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -938,6 +938,7 @@ Glacier - 🔸Getting files off Glacier is glacially slow (typically 3-5 hours or more). - 🔸Due to a fixed overhead per file (you pay per PUT or GET operation), uploading and downloading many small files on/to Glacier might be very expensive. There is also a 32k storage overhead per file. Hence it’s a good idea is to archive files before upload. - 🔸Glacier’s pricing policy is reportedly pretty complicated: “Glacier data retrievals are priced based on the peak hourly retrieval capacity used within a calendar month.” Some more info can be found [here](https://medium.com/@karppinen/how-i-ended-up-paying-150-for-a-single-60gb-download-from-amazon-glacier-6cb77b288c3e#.wjl4dbgza) and [here](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10921365). +- 🔸Be aware of the cost associated with archiving S3 data to Glacier. [It costs $0.05 per 1,000 requests](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/). If you have small s3 data but many of them, it is probably not worth it or takes a long time to reach a breakeven point (initial archving cost vs lower strage pricing). RDS ---