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S3 is now the standard for cloud storage APIs? Not sure if that's good or bad. I guess competitors have to reduce switching costs.

geniium 6y ago
That's a good question to ask. S3 has become so common that it's going toward that road. It's like brand names that become so common that people use no more the material name, but the brand.
- tiborsaas 6y ago
  It took me quite some time to realize that TRX is actually a brand and not some abbreviation for the trainers :)
advisedwang 6y ago
I think it essentially always has been. It was there first, [GCP copied it](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/xml-api/overview https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/xml-api/overview), [OpenStack has compatibility middleware](https://docs.openstack.org/swift/latest/middleware.html#module-swift.common.middleware.s3api.s3api https://docs.openstack.org/swift/latest/middleware.html#modu...).
atYevP 6y ago
Yev here -> It's not so much a standard, though S3 is generally the most often used suite of APIs. 100s of integrations exist with our B2 Native APIs (https://www.backblaze.com/b2/integrations.html https://www.backblaze.com/b2/integrations.html), but a lot of folks only know how to write to S3 Compatible APIs and don't have the resources to write to multiple API suites, so this makes integration easier for them!
- mgamache 6y ago
  That's how something becomes a standard... You are just responding to market realities.
vorpalhex 6y ago
Digital Ocean, OVH and others seem to use the S3 API. It does give you the benefit of clients written against S3 can now be used for your platform, and unlike a lot of AWS the API contract seems pretty reasonable and well kept. Edit: Confused Hetzner and OVH, sorry
- fahrradflucht 6y ago
  Hetzner offers S3 compatible storage? I didn't find anything about that...
  - vorpalhex 6y ago
    Woops, looks like I mixed up their storage offering with OVH. Sorry about that!
guenthert 6y ago
I don't see Google, MS Azure or Rackspace switching their API anytime soon, but yes, smaller players and new ones do.
- budmang 6y ago
  (backblaze ceo here) Google and Azure continue to offer their own API as do we. They also offer S3 compatibility options to support customers who want to use S3-compatible products...as now do we ;-)

geniium 6y ago

That's a good question to ask. S3 has become so common that it's going toward that road. It's like brand names that become so common that people use no more the material name, but the brand.

tiborsaas 6y ago
It took me quite some time to realize that TRX is actually a brand and not some abbreviation for the trainers :)

advisedwang 6y ago

I think it essentially always has been. It was there first, [GCP copied it](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/xml-api/overview https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/xml-api/overview), [OpenStack has compatibility middleware](https://docs.openstack.org/swift/latest/middleware.html#module-swift.common.middleware.s3api.s3api https://docs.openstack.org/swift/latest/middleware.html#modu...).

atYevP 6y ago

Yev here -> It's not so much a standard, though S3 is generally the most often used suite of APIs. 100s of integrations exist with our B2 Native APIs (https://www.backblaze.com/b2/integrations.html https://www.backblaze.com/b2/integrations.html), but a lot of folks only know how to write to S3 Compatible APIs and don't have the resources to write to multiple API suites, so this makes integration easier for them!

mgamache 6y ago
That's how something becomes a standard... You are just responding to market realities.

vorpalhex 6y ago

Digital Ocean, OVH and others seem to use the S3 API. It does give you the benefit of clients written against S3 can now be used for your platform, and unlike a lot of AWS the API contract seems pretty reasonable and well kept. Edit: Confused Hetzner and OVH, sorry

fahrradflucht 6y ago
Hetzner offers S3 compatible storage? I didn't find anything about that...
- vorpalhex 6y ago
  Woops, looks like I mixed up their storage offering with OVH. Sorry about that!

guenthert 6y ago

I don't see Google, MS Azure or Rackspace switching their API anytime soon, but yes, smaller players and new ones do.

budmang 6y ago
(backblaze ceo here) Google and Azure continue to offer their own API as do we. They also offer S3 compatibility options to support customers who want to use S3-compatible products...as now do we ;-)