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I don't know anything about the technical sides of how these services are built, but through a client I do put heavy use to the B2 service and I can tell you th
by Implicated 5y ago
I don't know anything about the technical sides of how these services are built, but through a client I do put heavy use to the B2 service and I can tell you there are some differences (backblaze covers some of that here [0]) in the way the services work. I get the feeling some of those are how they're shaving cost.
[0]: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/design-thinking-b2-apis-the-hidden-costs-of-s3-compatibility/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/design-thinking-b2-apis-the-h...
- Implicated 5y agoBTW, my client is also in a similar situation where the cost to store our files on S3 is prohibitive to profit on the product, where as.. I can't believe how cheap B2 is. ~ 300 million 10-40MB jpegs, peanuts compared to what S3 was.
- jlmorton 5y agoAt least with a 10mb avg file, 100 PUTs net them $0.005/month in storage fees. That's something. In my use case, it's probably more like 10,000 PUTs for the same amount. Backblaze, if you're reading this, I don't think anyone will mind if you put in place some kind of surcharge for people like me. I haven't moved to the service, and it's almost because I feel _bad_, like I'm abusing your terms, or something. It's almost hard to even present a project to switch: "Why should we authorize this project?" "Because it eliminates our $5,000/month AWS spend on the task" "How does it eliminate it?" "It's free on Backblaze." "What's wrong with Backblaze that it's free?"
- jpalomaki 5y agoArticles like is the reason I started to trust BackBlaze in the first place. They go into details - just like with storage pod articles - on justifying why they can sell the service at lower price. Gives me confidence that low pricing is not just marketing trick.