Installation and getting started guide with Amazon Glacier storage on the Linux system | Linux Today

Installation and getting started guide with Amazon Glacier storage on the Linux system

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 5, 2015

Glacier is a low cost cloud storage provided by Amazon Web Services. There are certain time limitation when retrieving your data so be sure that this is a right service for you before you decide to use Amazon Glacier service. Generally Amazon Glacier service is great for all digital archiving and backup needs, where the archived files do not need to be retrieved instantly. In this short how-to I will show how to install Amazon Glacier command interface on Linux, configuration and basic usage.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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