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Ask HN: Bootstrapping data costs?
I'm working on a bootstrapped startup and have a large dataset (500 GB) that I'm trying to find an affordable way to store online. At this point I am trying to put together a basic prototype. Does anyone have suggestions for cheap online storage?
- byoung2 16y agoWe'd need more info about what you plan to do with it, but Amazon should have what you're looking for (http://aws.amazon.com/ http://aws.amazon.com/). If it needs to be in a relational database, try Amazon RDS (http://aws.amazon.com/rds/ http://aws.amazon.com/rds/), where you can pick from 5GB to 1TB of storage.
- robwgibbons 16y agoA possible route would be hosting your own dedicated server.
- vyrotek 16y agoOur company is using Azure Table Storage - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/pricing http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/pricing - $0.15/mo It's great if you can live with it not being relational. SQL Azure is their 'SQL Server in the cloud' and is a bit more. But the sharding possibilities are great. You can programmatically turn on/off db instances on demand.
- habitatforus 16y agoNotes: The data is relational I don't want to host my own server, because that just isn't my strong point.