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Wouldn't it be funny if this was just a market test/exercise, using actual S3 as a backend, just to see if it gets any traction before building own HW/SW soluti

by tomovo 9y ago

Wouldn't it be funny if this was just a market test/exercise, using actual S3 as a backend, just to see if it gets any traction before building own HW/SW solution?

jrs95 9y ago
Kind of like how most wasabi in the U.S. isn't really wasabi, it's just horseradish? lol
- type0 9y ago
  Well if this service were called horseradish I would definitely sign up.
- cthalupa 9y ago
  Not just in the US. Real wasabi is very expensive. Even in Japan, unless you're seeing them grate it for you at the table, it's still just green horseradish. (Source: Posting this from Meguro-ku in Tokyo ;) )
dawnerd 9y ago
Could explain the 1tb minimum. Hoping most people don't get close to it.
copperx 9y ago
That's what I thought, given that I didn't see any datacenter photos, tech blog, setup, and that their team is so goddamn small. Such a startup would require a lot of tech infrastructure and know-how, and their page http://www.wasabisys.com http://www.wasabisys.com isn't even configured. It feels like Wasabi is startup with no physical product, but I might be wrong.
jbkkd 9y ago
Their IP addresses belong to a company named PSI net: ~ dig +short console.wasabisys.com 38.27.106.13 38.27.106.12 38.27.106.11 NetRange: 38.0.0.0 - 38.255.255.255 CIDR: 38.0.0.0/8 NetName: COGENT-A NetHandle: NET-38-0-0-0-1 Parent: () NetType: Direct Allocation OriginAS: AS174 Organization: PSINet, Inc. (PSI) RegDate: 1991-04-16 Updated: 2011-05-20 Comment: Reassignment information for this block can be found at Comment: rwhois.cogentco.com 4321 Ref: https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-38-0-0-0-1 There's not much to be found by PSINet or Cogent who own them, but they don't seem to offer hosting services. The only relevant piece of information that I could find as to what PSINet do these days is this one: https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/lots-of-weird-traffic-from-psinet-inc-increasing-bounce-rate.2478101/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/lots-of-weird-traffi... It does make it sound as if it is a market test, or that PSINet have developed large scale hosting capabilities in the last few years. // Edit In addition, they use the exact same terminology Amazon uses in their console file, including ARN and two policies named after S3: AmazonS3FullAccess AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess The policy syntax looks familiar to those coming from S3 as well.
- tyingq 9y ago
  Cogent bought PSINET some time ago. http://www.cogentco.com/en/news/press-releases/279-cogent-communications-acquires-us-operations-of-psinet http://www.cogentco.com/en/news/press-releases/279-cogent-co... Cogent has large scale hosting capability
- dylz 9y ago
  Cogent/Psinet are a transit provider. Servers look like they're in VA-US. In this case Cogent on the IP space is roughly equivalent to seeing Comcast or something on IP space whois. The end-user is: network:IP-Network:38.27.106.0/24 network:Org-Name:Bluearchive, Inc network:Street-Address:44060 Digital Loudoun Plaza network:City:Ashburn network:State:VA network:Country:US network:Postal-Code:20147
jjeaff 9y ago
Intriguing idea. With the 1tb minimum, it's conceivable that you could actually turn a profit doing that.

by tomovo 9y ago

Wouldn't it be funny if this was just a market test/exercise, using actual S3 as a backend, just to see if it gets any traction before building own HW/SW solution?

jrs95 9y ago

Kind of like how most wasabi in the U.S. isn't really wasabi, it's just horseradish? lol

type0 9y ago
Well if this service were called horseradish I would definitely sign up.
cthalupa 9y ago
Not just in the US. Real wasabi is very expensive. Even in Japan, unless you're seeing them grate it for you at the table, it's still just green horseradish. (Source: Posting this from Meguro-ku in Tokyo ;) )

dawnerd 9y ago

Could explain the 1tb minimum. Hoping most people don't get close to it.

copperx 9y ago

That's what I thought, given that I didn't see any datacenter photos, tech blog, setup, and that their team is so goddamn small. Such a startup would require a lot of tech infrastructure and know-how, and their page http://www.wasabisys.com http://www.wasabisys.com isn't even configured. It feels like Wasabi is startup with no physical product, but I might be wrong.

jbkkd 9y ago

Their IP addresses belong to a company named PSI net: ~ dig +short console.wasabisys.com 38.27.106.13 38.27.106.12 38.27.106.11 NetRange: 38.0.0.0 - 38.255.255.255 CIDR: 38.0.0.0/8 NetName: COGENT-A NetHandle: NET-38-0-0-0-1 Parent: () NetType: Direct Allocation OriginAS: AS174 Organization: PSINet, Inc. (PSI) RegDate: 1991-04-16 Updated: 2011-05-20 Comment: Reassignment information for this block can be found at Comment: rwhois.cogentco.com 4321 Ref: https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-38-0-0-0-1 There's not much to be found by PSINet or Cogent who own them, but they don't seem to offer hosting services. The only relevant piece of information that I could find as to what PSINet do these days is this one: https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/lots-of-weird-traffic-from-psinet-inc-increasing-bounce-rate.2478101/ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/lots-of-weird-traffi... It does make it sound as if it is a market test, or that PSINet have developed large scale hosting capabilities in the last few years. // Edit In addition, they use the exact same terminology Amazon uses in their console file, including ARN and two policies named after S3: AmazonS3FullAccess AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess The policy syntax looks familiar to those coming from S3 as well.

tyingq 9y ago
Cogent bought PSINET some time ago. http://www.cogentco.com/en/news/press-releases/279-cogent-communications-acquires-us-operations-of-psinet http://www.cogentco.com/en/news/press-releases/279-cogent-co... Cogent has large scale hosting capability
dylz 9y ago
Cogent/Psinet are a transit provider. Servers look like they're in VA-US. In this case Cogent on the IP space is roughly equivalent to seeing Comcast or something on IP space whois. The end-user is: network:IP-Network:38.27.106.0/24 network:Org-Name:Bluearchive, Inc network:Street-Address:44060 Digital Loudoun Plaza network:City:Ashburn network:State:VA network:Country:US network:Postal-Code:20147

jjeaff 9y ago

Intriguing idea. With the 1tb minimum, it's conceivable that you could actually turn a profit doing that.