1.0UCT HPChttps://ucthpc.uct.ac.zaTimothy Carrhttps://ucthpc.uct.ac.za/index.php/author/timothy-carr/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="z3YhmQrDrP"><a href="https://ucthpc.uct.ac.za/index.php/2012/08/22/awss-pursuit-for-cloud-storage-domination/">AWS’s pursuit for cloud storage domination</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://ucthpc.uct.ac.za/index.php/2012/08/22/awss-pursuit-for-cloud-storage-domination/embed/#?secret=z3YhmQrDrP" width="600" height="338" title="“AWS’s pursuit for cloud storage domination” — UCT HPC" data-secret="z3YhmQrDrP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Amazon Web Services rolled out a very attractive storage offering which will see it become, in my personal opinion, the custodian in cloud storage and "big data" solutions. Not only does AWS have a reliable and well crafted network infrastructure but it has one of the largest point of presence exchanges in the world with massive bandwidth in and out of its data centers. Needless to say that the cost of having your data stored in AWS S3 is by far the cheapest we've seen to date. This is definitely a option which Big Bytes will explore. More information regarding Amazon Glacier can be found here - http://aws.amazon.com/glacier   https://ucthpc.uct.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/data_costs.png