AWS S3 Glacier - how to specify for a vault storage class as DEEP_ARCHIVE in PowerShell?

Question

I created a vault via New-GLCVault, but when it came to upload a file there I understood that I didn't know how to specify desired storage class for the vault. I need to place my file to a DEEP_ARCHIVE vault, and here come 2 questions:

1. How can I see the storage class associated with particular vault in PowerShell?
2. How can I specify the desired storage class when I create the vault and(or) upload there my files?

Answer 1

There are two types of Amazon Glacier:

1. The 'original' Amazon Glacier that uses Vaults and Archives. It is slow and very difficult to use.
2. Amazon S3 storage classes that allow you to use standard S3 API calls, but gain pricing benefits by using Glacier storage classes (which are actually cheaper than the 'original' Glacier).

It appears that you are attempting to use a Storage Class (#2 above) with the Amazon Glacier service (#1 above), which won't work.

Instead, just use standard S3 API calls and specify: StorageClass='DEEP_ARCHIVE'

This method also means you don't need to do anything with Vaults.