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Azure Blob Storage can be way cheaper than that. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/blobs/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/bl

by uruk 8y ago

Azure Blob Storage can be way cheaper than that. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/blobs/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/blobs/

toomuchtodo 8y ago
Storing on your own hardware will always be cheaper (Backblaze has a great blog post on explaining why they built out their own data storage nodes at rented colo space because of this). https://www.backblaze.com/blog/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-... https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/cost-of-a-petabyte-chart.jpg https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/co... (Cost of a Petabyte by service vs DIY)
- scarface74 8y ago
  If the one Backblaze data center gets hit by a meteor, all your data is toast. I use BackBlaze for backups, I wouldn't trust them for primary storage.
  - toomuchtodo 8y ago
    Same with every other cloud provider. They don't provide georedundancy unless you design for it and pay for extra copies of your data to be stored.
    - scarface74 8y ago
      You don't have to "design for it". The default storage class for S3 is your data is automstically copied across three data centers. You have to explicitly specify "reduced redundancy". Yes you pay for it, but you don't have to do anything special.
      - toomuchtodo 8y ago
        Not three data centers. Different zones in the same geographic datacenter. Significant difference.
        scarface74 8y ago
        I purposefully didn't use Amazon's wording because it would be confusing to someone who doesn't know about AWS. An "availability zone" is an isolated data center. A "region" is a group of availability zones that are geographically isolated but somewhat close to each other. For instance, three availability zones (data centers) that are within 100 miles (making up a distance) would make up a region.
        toomuchtodo 8y ago
        All of AWS' "zones" are very close to each other based on measured network latency between zone resources.
        scarface74 8y ago
        They are not in "the same geographic data center". Amazon says: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-re... "Each region is completely independent. Each Availability Zone is isolated, but the Availability Zones in a region are connected through low-latency links". Backblaze hosts everything in one non redundant data center.

by uruk 8y ago

Azure Blob Storage can be way cheaper than that. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/blobs/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/blobs/

toomuchtodo 8y ago

Storing on your own hardware will always be cheaper (Backblaze has a great blog post on explaining why they built out their own data storage nodes at rented colo space because of this). https://www.backblaze.com/blog/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-... https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/cost-of-a-petabyte-chart.jpg https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/co... (Cost of a Petabyte by service vs DIY)

scarface74 8y ago
If the one Backblaze data center gets hit by a meteor, all your data is toast. I use BackBlaze for backups, I wouldn't trust them for primary storage.
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  Same with every other cloud provider. They don't provide georedundancy unless you design for it and pay for extra copies of your data to be stored.
  - scarface74 8y ago
    You don't have to "design for it". The default storage class for S3 is your data is automstically copied across three data centers. You have to explicitly specify "reduced redundancy". Yes you pay for it, but you don't have to do anything special.
    - toomuchtodo 8y ago
      Not three data centers. Different zones in the same geographic datacenter. Significant difference.
      - scarface74 8y ago
        I purposefully didn't use Amazon's wording because it would be confusing to someone who doesn't know about AWS. An "availability zone" is an isolated data center. A "region" is a group of availability zones that are geographically isolated but somewhat close to each other. For instance, three availability zones (data centers) that are within 100 miles (making up a distance) would make up a region.
        toomuchtodo 8y ago
        All of AWS' "zones" are very close to each other based on measured network latency between zone resources.
        scarface74 8y ago
        They are not in "the same geographic data center". Amazon says: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-re... "Each region is completely independent. Each Availability Zone is isolated, but the Availability Zones in a region are connected through low-latency links". Backblaze hosts everything in one non redundant data center.