Reply To: Transition of documents from on-prem to glacier

[JR-TutorialsDojo]

Hello Dhruva Mahajan,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this item.

You’re right that archival in AWS is always managed through S3 lifecycle policies. Data doesn’t go straight into Glacier. In this solution, the File Gateway stores documents in Amazon S3, and then lifecycle policies transition them into Glacier or Glacier Deep Archive for long-term retention. AWS documentation confirms that File Gateway supports S3 storage classes, including Glacier tiers. So the correct solution is:

• Use File Gateway for SMB access and local caching.
• Store files in Amazon S3.
• Apply lifecycle policies to move data into Glacier/Glacier Deep Archive after the required 6-month retention.

This approach meets the SMB, caching, durability, and compliance requirements in a cost-effective way.

Please refer to these:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/filegateway/latest/files3/what-is-file-s3.html
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/filegateway/latest/files3/storage-classes.html

I hope this helps! Let us know if you need further assistance.

Regards,
JR @ Tutorials Dojo