Amazon S3 Glacier: Developer Guide

This is official Amazon Web Services (AWS) documentation for Amazon S3 Glacier (S3 Glacier). The Amazon S3 Glacier Developer Guide explains the data archiving and backup solution provided by the S3 Glacier web service. The guide steps you through how to create, configure, and manage vaults and archives using both the AWS Management Console and the S3 Glacier API. Amazon S3 Glacier (S3 Glacier) is a secure, low-cost, and reliable service designed for storing infrequently accessed data, or "cold data." For example, you can use it to store digital media archives, financial and healthcare records, raw genomic sequence data, long-term database backups, and data that must be retained for regulatory compliance. This documentation is offered for free here as a Kindle book, or you can read it online or in PDF format at https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/glacier/.