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AWS Backup launches a low-cost warm storage tier for Amazon S3 backups

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This article announces AWS Backup's new low-cost warm storage tier for Amazon S3 backups, offering up to 30% cost reduction for long-term data retention.

  • New low-cost warm storage tier reduces S3 backup costs by up to 30%
  • Data automatically moves to low-cost tier after 60+ days in vault
  • Maintains same performance, ransomware protection, and recovery features
  • Automatic tiering configurable per account, vault, or bucket
  • Existing backup data beyond threshold moves automatically with no action needed
  • One-time transition fee applies when data moves to low-cost tier
  • Available in all AWS Regions supporting AWS Backup for S3

AWS Backup's new low-cost warm tier enables automatic cost optimization for long-term S3 backup retention without performance impact.



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