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> "just another person's hard drive" In general I'm with you, but that here is the main benefit imho. I don't have the nerves to operate my own redundant, tran
by dividuum 7y ago
> "just another person's hard drive"
In general I'm with you, but that here is the main benefit imho. I don't have the nerves to operate my own redundant, transparently growing and reliable storage system for my business. For use cases where privacy is important (like backups, private user data, etc), encrypting data before uploading limits the privacy leaks to metadata which might be acceptable.
- Spivak 7y agoAWS is impressive because they're running everyone's scalable reliable redundant storage server. It's not so scary when you just have to do it for your own small pond.
- jnbiche 7y agoBut you have to build the same level of redundancy and reliability for your small pond if you want to achieve S3's uptime. Scaling is the hardest part, but it's just one part of the puzzle.
- anderspitman 7y agoDo you really need more than basic redundancy + backups? I think most small businesses would survive a few hours restoring backups every few years.
- NikolaeVarius 7y agoThis assumes backups work.
- vorpalhex 7y agoThe tools for doing this at "medium business" and below scale have gotten much easier, especially with things like ZFS.
- hjanssen 7y agowhich is still orders of magnitude harder than create an account and pay a bill