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Amazon is, but Apple and Facebook both operate their own data centers. Edit: I take that back, Apple uses several cloud providers, including AWS.

by luhn 10y ago

api 10y ago
BGP? Tier-1 issues?
alanh 10y ago
And also Azure
therein 10y ago
Apple does use S3 for storage. You didn't hear it from me.
- RKearney 10y ago
  They also use AT&T and Azure for storage too. You did hear that from me, or anyone else with a firewall running on OS X.
  - tedmiston 10y ago
    ...AT&T for data storage?
    - sethhochberg 10y ago
      https://www.business.att.com/enterprise/Portfolio/cloud/ https://www.business.att.com/enterprise/Portfolio/cloud/ They're a massive company. When you already own telecom networks and run your own datacenters, selling cloud infrastructure services isn't too far fetched.
  - conradev 10y ago
    and Google Cloud Storage as well!
- ghshephard 10y ago
  You just have to run littlesnitch, and see all the AWS servers that Apple applications hit. I don't think it's a secret that a ton of Apple applications are backended by AWS.
  - niels_olson 10y ago
    All hail Little Snitch. So much insight available in that app. I wish there were rule sets for Little Snitch like there are for AdBlock Plus.
    - AckSyn 10y ago
      lost -i in the Terminal.app will do this as well. With a little grep-fu you could have yourself a good watchdog.
      - blowski 10y ago
        I get 'command not found' so I'm assuming I have to install something? But I can't find anything when I search Google because of the generic name.
        syassami 10y ago
        I believe he meant to write `lsof -i`
        blowski 10y ago
        That works a lot better! Thanks both.
        AckSyn 10y ago
        oh i'm still not used to the autocorrect on OS X. Thank you for correcting my error.
  - blowski 10y ago
    Indeed, I've read multiple articles about it, some of which seem to have been fed by the Apple PR machine: http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-cuts-aws-spending-signs-with-google-report/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-cuts-aws-spending-signs-w...
rconti 10y ago
They also use METRIC TONS of ultra high-end storage. Actually that's not saying much, because a single cabinet is around a metric ton. So it was unintentionally accurate.
nstj 10y ago
Apple discusses who it uses for cloud storage when discussing iCloud in their security guide (valid as of May 2016): > The encrypted chunks of the file are stored, without any user-identifying information, using third-party storage services, such as Amazon S3 and Windows Azure. [0]: https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf

Amazon is, but Apple and Facebook both operate their own data centers. Edit: I take that back, Apple uses several cloud providers, including AWS.

by luhn 10y ago

Amazon is, but Apple and Facebook both operate their own data centers. Edit: I take that back, Apple uses several cloud providers, including AWS.

api 10y ago

BGP? Tier-1 issues?

alanh 10y ago

And also Azure

therein 10y ago

Apple does use S3 for storage. You didn't hear it from me.

RKearney 10y ago
They also use AT&T and Azure for storage too. You did hear that from me, or anyone else with a firewall running on OS X.
- tedmiston 10y ago
  ...AT&T for data storage?
  - sethhochberg 10y ago
    https://www.business.att.com/enterprise/Portfolio/cloud/ https://www.business.att.com/enterprise/Portfolio/cloud/ They're a massive company. When you already own telecom networks and run your own datacenters, selling cloud infrastructure services isn't too far fetched.
- conradev 10y ago
  and Google Cloud Storage as well!
ghshephard 10y ago
You just have to run littlesnitch, and see all the AWS servers that Apple applications hit. I don't think it's a secret that a ton of Apple applications are backended by AWS.
- niels_olson 10y ago
  All hail Little Snitch. So much insight available in that app. I wish there were rule sets for Little Snitch like there are for AdBlock Plus.
  - AckSyn 10y ago
    lost -i in the Terminal.app will do this as well. With a little grep-fu you could have yourself a good watchdog.
    - blowski 10y ago
      I get 'command not found' so I'm assuming I have to install something? But I can't find anything when I search Google because of the generic name.
      - syassami 10y ago
        I believe he meant to write `lsof -i`
        blowski 10y ago
        That works a lot better! Thanks both.
        AckSyn 10y ago
        oh i'm still not used to the autocorrect on OS X. Thank you for correcting my error.
- blowski 10y ago
  Indeed, I've read multiple articles about it, some of which seem to have been fed by the Apple PR machine: http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-cuts-aws-spending-signs-with-google-report/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-cuts-aws-spending-signs-w...

rconti 10y ago

They also use METRIC TONS of ultra high-end storage. Actually that's not saying much, because a single cabinet is around a metric ton. So it was unintentionally accurate.

nstj 10y ago

Apple discusses who it uses for cloud storage when discussing iCloud in their security guide (valid as of May 2016): > The encrypted chunks of the file are stored, without any user-identifying information, using third-party storage services, such as Amazon S3 and Windows Azure. [0]: https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf