> + > +Amazon Glacier is a cold storage service which can be used as an alternative > to traditional storage services for data archiving and backup. It is > optimized for data infrequently accessed and offers nice scalability and an > extremely low cost. There is no limit to the amount of data you can store, > and you only pay for what you use. > + > +The main downside of Glacier is its huge retrieval time. Once you've > requested your data, it will take several hours until it's ready to download. > + > +You can find more information about Amazon Glacier > [here](https://aws.amazon.com/glacier/). > + > +Terminology > +----------- > +The following resources are defined by the Glacier API: > + > +##### Vault > +A vault defines a container in a region for a collection of archives and is > associated to an account. Each vault can store an unlimited amount of > archives but cannot contain other vaults. > + > +##### Archive > +Archives are the basic storage unit in Glacier. An archive has an unique > identifier and an optional description. The identifier is set by Amazon when > the archive is uploaded, and the service returns its ID.
By "service" here, do you mean the jclouds calls, or something else? --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/jclouds/jclouds-site/pull/121/files#r15861304
