> For stuff you don't need to restore in a rush, it's cheap
That was my thinking. It seems a good fit as a last-resort backup. Low month-on-month storage costs, high retrieval costs. So we're essentially betting that we'll never retrieve the data. Which seems fine.
Also, it apparently has strong assurances against data-loss. Lots of nines. [0]
> how my non tech wife could possibly have restored the files as the interfaces are all heavy
It's all web-API-based, right? Is there a a decent FOSS GUI to navigate it?
That was my thinking. It seems a good fit as a last-resort backup. Low month-on-month storage costs, high retrieval costs. So we're essentially betting that we'll never retrieve the data. Which seems fine.
Also, it apparently has strong assurances against data-loss. Lots of nines. [0]
> how my non tech wife could possibly have restored the files as the interfaces are all heavy
It's all web-API-based, right? Is there a a decent FOSS GUI to navigate it?
[0] https://aws.amazon.com/glacier/features/