Amazon ECR introduces archive storage class for rarely accessed container images
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This article announces Amazon ECR's new archive storage class for reducing costs on rarely accessed container images while maintaining compliance and retention requirements.
- Archive storage class reduces costs for infrequently accessed container images
- ECR lifecycle policies now support archiving based on last pull time
- Automatic archiving by image age, count, or last pull time criteria
- Unlimited images can be archived without counting toward repository limits
- Archived images restore within 20 minutes via Console, CLI, or API
- All archival and restore operations logged through CloudTrail
- Available in all AWS Commercial and GovCloud (US) Regions
ECR's archive storage class enables cost optimization for container image retention while preserving compliance requirements and easy image restoration.
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