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Scaleout backup repository: How tiers cut costs

Learn how scaleout repositories separate performance from capacity tiers to handle growth without migrating data or disrupting active workflows.

Jul 28, 2026 Marcus Chen 16 min read

Low-cost warm storage: Cut S3 backup bills 30%

AWS Backup's new low-cost warm tier cuts expenses by 30%. Rabata.io engineers explain how to optimize retention without sacrificing access speed.

Jul 27, 2026 Alex Kumar 14 min read

Frozen tier queries: Search S3 without rehydration

Elastic's frozen tier cuts storage costs by 90% while enabling direct queries on S3 Glacier without manual rehydration delays.

Jul 6, 2026 Alex Kumar 14 min read

Pricing: The hidden Class A trap

Cloudflare R2 charges $0.015/GB but Class A writes hit $4.50 per million. Discover if zero egress truly lowers your total cloud storage bill.

Jul 3, 2026 Alex Kumar 12 min read

DNA-based archive tiers for real engineering

Scality's 150-year claim lacks verification, but DNA storage offers zero power usage at rest for true cold archive survivability.

Jul 1, 2026 Alex Kumar 14 min read