price
You pay for the tape, the storage, and the operations. That's it.
one-time costs
- LTO-8 tape (12TB)
- $100
- LTO-9 tape (18TB)
- $140
- tape write operation
- $30
- tape read operation
- $30
Choose the tape per archive. Both are written on LTO-9 drives.
monthly costs
- tape storage
- $3/tape
- S3 staging storage
- $10/TB
Temporary S3 hot storage, typically for the time you upload data before you send it to a tape, or when you restore a tape before you download it. This is not billing for storing data on the tape itself.
transfer costs
- upload (ingress)
- $1/TB
- download (egress)
- $2/TB
- mail tape to you
- $10 + shipping
Account and billing support included. SLAs and third-party tool support need an enterprise contract, at extra cost.
example: 18TB archive
One full LTO-9 tape. Upload once, store for years, retrieve once.
| item | 1 location | 2 locations |
|---|---|---|
| upload (18TB × $1) | $18 | $18 |
| upload S3 staging (1 week) | $42 | $42 |
| tape media | $140 | $280 |
| write operation | $30 | $60 |
| monthly storage | $3/mo | $6/mo |
| read operation (retrieval) | $30 | $30 |
| download S3 staging (1 week) | $42 | $42 |
| download (18TB × $2) | $36 | $36 |