Amazon is phasing out Reduced Redundancy Storage

[AndrewParticipant]

Hi –

I just noticed that the “Standard” S3 pricing is now actually lower than the “Reduced Redundancy” storage, which seemed odd. Turns out, they’re looking to phase out the RR storage.

https://mysteriouscode.io/blog/aws-s3-storage-classes-pricing-is-not-what-you-think/

Maybe it would be a good idea to remove RR from the list of S3 backup storage class options?

(And perhaps you could replace it with “Glacier” in the list of options?)

Thanks!

[Dee NutbourneModerator]

Hi,

Thank you for the information! I will add a note to our development list.

Best Wishes,
David N

[AndrewParticipant]

Great – thanks!

[udadminKeymaster]

Concerning Glacier, this isn’t a simple drop-in S3 option. Data sent to Glacier cannot be retrieved instantly and programatically – https://aws.amazon.com/glacier/faqs/#dataretrievals. It’s not so much an S3 option, as that S3 provides a gateway to a product that behaves quite differently. As such, if we do ever support it, it’ll likely be as a distinct storage option (not as an S3 option).

[AndrewParticipant]

That makes sense, and thanks for clarifying.

I have Lifecycle rules in my buckets that move the backups from Standard Storage to Glacier after 3 days (and then deletes it from Glacier after 90 days)… :)

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