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I wonder if they're doing anything clever to reduce storage size. For example - an MP3/AAC song purchased from the same service has a small unique header (e.g.
by ajg1977 16y ago
I wonder if they're doing anything clever to reduce storage size. For example - an MP3/AAC song purchased from the same service has a small unique header (e.g. where your iTunes account name is stored) and then identical music data.
I imagine the music companies would have a hissy fit and demand streaming payments if that was the case though.
- wiredfool 16y agoTheir prices are pretty close to the base level s3 prices, except for transfer.
- trotsky 16y agoIn my mind there is no question that they'll be doing de-duplication here. You don't need to rely on a header key, you just take something like a sha1 hash and the size. Services like dropbox do this - even making it so you don't have to upload non-unique files. I have always assumed that all of the non-encrypted remote backup solutions that live on s3 or elsewhere do this too. It's just too easy for a massive storage space savings to not do it.