Explain Object Storage tiers

Summary

There are three (3) storage tiers for objects: Standard; Infrequent Access; and Archive.

Reference

Storage Tiers

TierStorage CostMinimum Retention PeriodRetrieval FeeAvailability SLA
StandardHighestNoneNo99.9%
Infrequent AccessCheaper31 daysYes99%
ArchiveLowest90 daysNoData is offline and objects must be restored before they can be read. Restoration takes at most an hour from the time an Archive Storage restore request is made, to the time the first byte of data is retrieved.