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Remote storage, redundancy, and portability. At $5/mo/tb. you can still access any of it anytime you want, you just pay for what you actually download.
by federona 6y ago
Remote storage, redundancy, and portability. At $5/mo/tb. you can still access any of it anytime you want, you just pay for what you actually download.
- gruez 6y agoshucked hard drives go for around $15/TB on sale. Buy three for redundancy and it's $45/TB. The break-even point for that setup would be 9 months.
- eru 6y agoWell, plus a lot of hassle.
- dwohnitmok 6y agoYou're also paying for spatial distance and independence. Redundant backups in the same location can all fail together. See https://youtu.be/OAI8S2houW4?t=285 https://youtu.be/OAI8S2houW4?t=285 for one amusing case.
- jhoechtl 6y agoIpfs eventually.