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Hmm, maybe I was being tone deaf? I've repeatedly tried to state in subsequent children in this thread that it seems as though Backblaze made the right set of

by jamwt 11y ago

Hmm, maybe I was being tone deaf? I've repeatedly tried to state in subsequent children in this thread that it seems as though Backblaze made the right set of tradeoffs given their previous gen, and their time to recoup their investment in this, etc. I was also (somewhat selfishly, I suppose?) trying to tap into the excitement of a group of readers who where thinking about big storage, and let them know that the possibilities were even great given greater investment. The responses I've been getting (including yours) lead me to believe that my comment is being seen as a slight against the set of tradeoffs that Backblaze has made, and that really wasn't how I intended it. Edit: I do disagree about it providing zero value, though. We've had a good subsequent exploratory discussion about ways to optimize storage density and (to some degree) cost. And I hope we're not at the point where everything said on the internet demands "proof"; I'm not sure a blog post would provide that, either!

jacquesm 11y ago
The way to tap into that excitement is by making a blog post of your own highlighting what makes DB unique and special and how you do your thing, not by making disparaging comments about companies active in the same space. I'm sure your post would get just as much or even more attention as this one. It's very easy to do what you just did and quite hard to do what Backblaze did. Essentially, if you're not willing to do what Backblaze did here the graceful thing would be to either stay quiet, simply compliment them on their achievements or, and most useful, to be specific about what could be improved.
- jamwt 11y ago
  Okay, fair point. Given empirical evidence wrt my blogging discipline (and the fact that I probably can't), it's unlikely that blog post will ever happen. I'll leave this thread alone because there's some useful technical information in here, and amend with an apology.

by jamwt 11y ago

jacquesm 11y ago

The way to tap into that excitement is by making a blog post of your own highlighting what makes DB unique and special and how you do your thing, not by making disparaging comments about companies active in the same space. I'm sure your post would get just as much or even more attention as this one. It's very easy to do what you just did and quite hard to do what Backblaze did. Essentially, if you're not willing to do what Backblaze did here the graceful thing would be to either stay quiet, simply compliment them on their achievements or, and most useful, to be specific about what could be improved.

jamwt 11y ago
Okay, fair point. Given empirical evidence wrt my blogging discipline (and the fact that I probably can't), it's unlikely that blog post will ever happen. I'll leave this thread alone because there's some useful technical information in here, and amend with an apology.