Amazon S3 Glacier vs. Cloudian HyperStore

As described in the use case, it is perfect for backup data storage where you do not expect to retrieve the data often. Think of it as a data dump; it is nice to know you have a backup, but it actually is expensive and somewhat difficult to retrieve everything.

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I think the strong suite here is backup and recovery of data, very fast recovery times which are essential in any environment. Smaller companies who have limited budget and may not reap the tangible benefits due to smaller IT departments. Learning curve is required and with a small staff, many companies do not have the luxury of having to learn a more complex product.

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• Glacier is an inexpensive solution to the problem of storing rarely-accessed data for years.
• You can configure S3 buckets to transition objects to Glacier with a few clicks.
• It is easy to get started with Glacier; there is little learning curve and few concepts to familiarize yourself with.

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• Backup
• Archive
• Supports Multi Tenant Environments
• Security is Very Robust

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• Billing system isn't the smoothest to operate
• Recalling information from glacier can run slow depending on type of data
• Customer support

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• Reporting can be more robust
• Hardware Support Could be Better
• Can be complicated for new users

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It is difficult to delete the data as you have to wait for inventory and then bucket modification has to expire.

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Amazon Glacier isn't a direct competitor to the products I've listed; it could compare to the clouds/data warehouses each of these products use to store their data. In the case of CloudBerry, Amazon Glacier is used with it to create a complete archival backup system. That said, when using Amazon Glacier along with a product like CloudBerry, you can create a reliable, inexpensive cloud backup system for retaining HUGE quantities of data for much less than these other cloud backup solutions. HOWEVER, if you want to restore said data, the cost and complexity begin to become a major concern, so Amazon Glacier should only be considered in situations where you don't plan to touch the data regularly, if at all, once it's at Glacier.

Incentivized

At the end of the day, it's about return on investment with products, ease of use in the environment, support of the product. Many of these products are very good and do exactly what they say they can do, but in today's times, companies are very strict with budgetary dollars and want the most bang for the buck. HyperStore was proven thru demonstrations that it was a cohesive fit, but again it comes down to cost.

Incentivized

• With this now we are storing data for less cost as compare to what we were paying earlier
• Increased the data access limits

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• Places all of our data in the cloud
• Protects against Cyber-Attacks
• Reliability, Scale and Cost

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