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The catch is always in the fine print. The storage is cheap but the savings go away if you actually do anything with the data. Storage is a foundational servic
by JCM9 6y ago
The catch is always in the fine print. The storage is cheap but the savings go away if you actually do anything with the data.
Storage is a foundational service in the cloud. There are huge advantages to having that storage sit adjacent to everything else. Such storage as a service somewhere else doesn’t make a lot of sense in many/most use cases. Now you’re having to pay to move data across comparatively slow networks links to where it’s actually needed. It’s a catchy headline but when putting this to the test in real world scenarios those numbers don’t pan out.
- bad_username 6y ago> storage is cheap but the savings go away if you actually do anything with the data. This is the "data back up" use case, where you store heaps of data, and hope to never need to access it. For this use case the conditions seem excellent.
- JCM9 6y agoYes, but then you wouldn’t use S3 for that either so the price comparisons are misleading.
- wctwct 6y agoBest for archive and backup. You can also see how Vivint uses them to store video clips and stream them to customers when needed: https://crowdstorage.com/solutions/ https://crowdstorage.com/solutions/
- the_duke 6y ago> but then you wouldn’t use S3 for that either Why do you have that impression? S3 and similar are used a lot for backups, especially Glacier.
- onionjake 6y agoAnother thread I posted a little bit about how we are compared to glacier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26582429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26582429 Glacier can get pricey when you store/retrieve your data because of ops, retrieval fees, and egress (if going to the internet). We feel like immediate availability is a compelling advantage of our product.
- e12e 6y agoThey should at a minimum include 2x stored as transfer - untested backups aren't.
- onionjake 6y agoThis is great feedback, we'll take this into consideration. You can always reach out to talk about specifics about your use case and how we can better meet it (there is a Contact Us button near the bottom of the page).