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Technicalartup point of view - what value are you adding, and what are you doing that someone else can't duplicate with a minimum of effort? Right now this is
by dedward 16y ago
Technicalartup point of view - what value are you adding, and what are you doing that someone else can't duplicate with a minimum of effort?
Right now this is a fairly transparent re-use of S3 with some clever features on top - I can see the appeal - but I'm thinking "Yeah, we could rig that up over the weekend and do the same thing here.... no need to pay double the price for S3 storage when a few hours of in-house work will take care of it.
Also - as to "never delete" "Never" is an awfully long time. Mistakes are made, and while "never" might seem like a safety net, there also might be a time when I need to delete data that's been stored offsite -for legal reasons or because someone screwed up.
It looks like something targeted at technically-savvy users, and those users are probably equally capable of doing this themselves with S3 or otherwise.
- IgorPartola 16y agoI also disagree with the never delete policy. Since I'm being charged by the gigabyte I'd like to delete things as soon as I don't need them.
- ryanhuff 16y agoRegarding your point about this being something easily duplicated, I think the point of this service is that it frees you of the need to worry about building and maintaining a non-core activity. People could also easily clean their own house and cut their own grass, but millions of people hire others to do the work.
- robryan 16y agoI don't think this applies in this case, those activities take time at constant intervals. This saves some time once in implementation for a constant additional cost.
- mleonhard 16y agoThanks for your comment. I'm creating RestBackup to save software vendors the pain of setting up an internet service to protect their customers' data. Every system takes time and energy to design, implement, install, maintain, and retire. The value of that time depends on the organization's skill set and priorities. I'm betting that it's worth about $20/mo for small businesses and $1/mo per license for software vendors. RestBackup keeps your data until it expires. You specify the retention period for each access url, up to 60 months. When a file is uploaded, your account is billed for the cost of keeping the file for the entire retention period. I'm still working a suitable way to facilitate deletes. I want to be flexible and find the right balance between functionality and safety. Since this is a backup service, I feel that safety must take priority.