Cold data, though infrequently accessed, is valuable for regulatory, legal, audit, and disaster recovery purposes. Learn how strategic archiving can optimize cost, scalability, and performance. This talk highlights key archival features of AWS S3/Glacier, Azure Archive Storage, and Google Cloud Storage, exploring asynchronous access and data staging. We'll navigate the complexities of constructing enterprise-level distributed archival systems, and the role of metadata stores. Additionally, we tackle challenges of data integrity, continuous repair services, and system boundaries management on distributed archives. Attend for insights on archival strategies, distributed systems, and cloud archives.