3rd Party tools that may help with the migration from Box to S3-Glacier
- Migration tool
- Best toos for AWS Glacier:: from article ( https://www.cloudwards.net/best-backup-tools-amazon-glacier/
- CloudBerry ( https://www.msp360.com/ )
- Duplicati ( www.duplicati.com )
- CloudBerry ( https://www.msp360.com/ )
AWS information about AWS S3 Glacier storage classes and approximate costs :
https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/?nc=sn&loc=3
S3 Glacier Storage Classes
Instant Retrieval
https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/?nc=sn&loc=3#Instant_Retrieval
Key Features:
- Data retrieval in milliseconds with the same performance as S3 Standard
- Designed for durability of 99.999999999% of objects across multiple Availability Zones
- Data is resilient in the event of the destruction of one entire Availability Zone
- Designed for 99.9% data availability in a given year
- 128 KB minimum object size
- Backed with the Amazon S3 Service Level Agreement for availability
- S3 PUT API for direct uploads to S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval, and S3 Lifecycle management for automatic migration of objects
Flexible Retrieval
https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/?nc=sn&loc=3#Flexible_Retrieval
- Designed for durability of 99.999999999% of objects across multiple Availability Zones
- Data is resilient in the event of one entire Availability Zone destruction
- Supports SSL for data in transit and encryption of data at rest
- Ideal for backup and disaster recovery use cases when large sets of data occasionally need to be retrieved in minutes, without concern for costs
- Configurable retrieval times, from minutes to hours, with free bulk retrievals
- S3 PUT API for direct uploads to S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval, and S3 Lifecycle management for automatic migration of objects
Deep Archive
https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/?nc=sn&loc=3#Deep_Archive
Key Features:
- Designed for durability of 99.999999999% of objects across multiple Availability Zones
- Lowest cost storage class designed for long-term retention of data that will be retained for 7-10 years
- Ideal alternative to magnetic tape libraries
- Retrieval time within 12 hours
- S3 PUT API for direct uploads to S3 Glacier Deep Archive, and S3 Lifecycle management for automatic migration of objects
Lifecycle Management :
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/object-lifecycle-mgmt.html
Lifecycle Managemet Tools : (video)
Approximate costs
https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=4
S3 Intelligent - Tiering* - Optional asynchronous Archive Access tiers
- Archive Access Tier, All Storage / Month $0.0036 per GB
- Deep Archive Access Tier, All Storage / Month $0.00099 per GB
S3 Standard - Infrequent Access** - For long lived but infrequently accessed data that needs millisecond access
- All Storage / Month $0.0125 per GB
S3 One Zone - Infrequent Access** - For re-createable infrequently accessed data that needs millisecond access
- All Storage / Month $0.01 per GB
S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval*** - For long-lived archive data accessed once a quarter with instant retrieval in milliseconds
- All Storage / Month $0.004 per GB
S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval (Formerly S3 Glacier)*** - For long-term backups and archives with retrieval option from 1 minute to 12 hours
- All Storage / Month $0.0036 per GB
S3 Glacier Deep Archive*** - For long-term data archiving that is accessed once or twice in a year and can be restored within 12 hours
- All Storage / Month $0.00099 per GB