I’ve been wanting to test out Amazon Web Services (AWS) Glacier storage service since it was announced in August 2012. If you’ve been reading my BLOG for a while, you’ll know that I am a little crazy when it comes to backing up my data. The attraction of Amazon’s Glacier is low cost ($0.01/GB) and it’s high durability (11 9s). I was waiting for some client side tools so that I could test (which I now have). Windows based easy to use clients came out pretty quickly, FastGlacier was one of the first and has since seen a major release in the last month. I decided to give it a try and backup my family and client photos as well as music. I think I have a strong use case for it and I’ve estimated that I can save $180+ per year by moving some of my archives to Glacier. So, I’ll save some money while I’m having some fun.
