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B2 is great as a backup store. I use it for backup. I wouldn't use it for non backup object storage, as it's in a single data center. S3 and Google Cloud are c
by beepbeepbeep1 9y ago
B2 is great as a backup store. I use it for backup.
I wouldn't use it for non backup object storage, as it's in a single data center. S3 and Google Cloud are completely different, I'm not sure on the Google specifics but S3 has data replicated across three AZs.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y agoIsn't backing up the last place where you want zero redundancy?
- zwily 9y agoA backup has redundancy already - your local copy + the backup. (edit: I’m talking about geographic redundancy. B2 does use redundancy inside the datacenter to protect from drive failure, etc)
- jnsaff2 9y agoI guess what OP meant was that for backups durability is important and periods of downtime are not as crucial as for say catpicturegram.
- corobo 9y agoIn fairness backing up is the last place I want to hand over redundancy responsibility. Better I consider B2 as one part of the 3-2-1 backups than the be-all end-all
- linsomniac 9y agoI don't know about that. In my case I'm backing up a backup, so I have to lose both backups. B2 is just for the offsite copy of the backup. Like taking a tape home sometimes...
- puzzle 9y agoGCS has multi-AZ replication, but also multi-region (at a premium).
- mayank 9y agoS3 also does eventually consistent multi-region replication (at a premium).