Tech & Energy
Storage Tier Calculator
S3 has 6 storage tiers. Putting infrequently-accessed data in Standard is overpaying 5-10x.
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FAQ
Lifecycle policies? +
S3 Intelligent-Tiering moves objects between tiers automatically based on access. Costs $0.0025/1000 objects monitored. Worth it for unpredictable access.
Glacier vs Deep Archive? +
Glacier Flexible: minutes to hours retrieval. Deep Archive: 12+ hour retrieval but cheapest. Use Deep Archive for legal/compliance archives.