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  "slug": "cold-archive",
  "term": "Cold archive tier",
  "aliases": [],
  "definition": "Offline or very low-cost storage tier optimized for rare reads and long retention.",
  "note": "",
  "status": "shipping",
  "advantages": [],
  "limitations": [],
  "related": [
    "hot-warm-cold",
    "tape",
    "lto",
    "object-storage"
  ],
  "supersedes": [],
  "supersededBy": [],
  "firstSeen": null,
  "lastSeen": null,
  "citations": [
    {
      "id": "c1",
      "title": "Cold archive tier",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_data",
      "accessed": "2026-03-26"
    }
  ]
}