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Brian posted a histogram a while back on HN showing the backup size distribution of the unlimited customers. There was one customer backing up over 400TB. But
by prirun 5y ago
Brian posted a histogram a while back on HN showing the backup size distribution of the unlimited customers. There was one customer backing up over 400TB. But, more than 50% of customers were backing up less than 300GB. IOW, they are paying $7/mo for flat-rate unlimited that would only cost
$1.50/mo on B2. Sounds like a good business plan.
To add a Linux plan, which could be lots of larger servers, I would add something like $7/TB/mo rounded up to the nearest TB. This is priced similarly to the flat-rate plan but also accommodates larger servers.
1) It has the same advantage of the unlimited plan that most customers will not be backing up a TB, increasing their margins
2) even if they do backup a TB, B2 is currently priced at $5/TB, so the Linux backup is higher margin
3) there will be an average unused space of 500GB per backup, even for customers backing up more than a TB, further increasing their margins