Its okay for Facebook and other single entities for backups. However for Glacier, it would mean throwing away the disk whenever someone deletes their data. It would also means constant replacement of disks.
Probably not a huge concern, given the use case. Glacier is pretty fire-and-forget.
> It would also means constant replacement of disks.
They're already doing that with servers, why would disks be a problem?
Its okay for Facebook and other single entities for backups. However for Glacier, it would mean throwing away the disk whenever someone deletes their data. It would also means constant replacement of disks.