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R2 is 3x more expensive than B2 (storage) https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pricing.html https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pricing.html Am I

R2 is 3x more expensive than B2 (storage) https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pricing.html https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pricing.html Am I missing something? Is there no bandwidth cost at all?

messe 4y ago
Yep, you're not charged for egress.
- einichi 4y ago
  B2 to Cloudflare also does not incur egress fees: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-and-cloudflare-partner-to-provide-free-data-transfer/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-and-cloudflare-part... Backblaze B2 customers will be able to download data stored in B2 to Cloudflare for zero transfer fees. This happens automatically once Cloudflare is configured to distribute your B2 files.
  - kjksf 4y ago
    I did Backblaze via Cloudflare setup. I really don't care about the cost of storage. In my case it's the bandwidth costs that were killing me. If it was available at the time, I would use R2 if only for simplicity. If I was using Cloudflare Workers it would be another reason to use R2: I assume that it's easier to use and faster to use than any other storage system, since it's on the same network and written by the same people. Also, exposing Backblaze via Cloudflare has it's issues. I ran into Cloudflare caching 404 responses from Backblaze and Backblaze being slow to make write visible. So I would write into Backblaze and tried to access that key via Cloudflare proxy. While the write was acknowledged to my client it wasn't yet visible via http endpoint so Cloudflare would cache 404 response. I would have to clear the cache to fix and then I've added 5 min delay "just in case" to work around this.
  - my69thaccount 4y ago
    Does anyone remember when we had Net Neutrality?
    - IAmEveryone 4y ago
      Yes, like it was yesterday (or today). It was a strange time where the term was often used for things that had nothing to do with the original meaning of the term.
  - archon810 4y ago
    Only to Cloudflare though, right? If users download, it'll be billable. With R2, user downloads are free, aren't they?
alberth 4y ago
Does R2 provide synching between regions? Maybe that's why it's so much more expensive? You're getting regional failover?
- archon810 4y ago
  Presumably under the hood it'll be nicely distributed, as per https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-r2-object-storage/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-r2-object-storage/. "Our vision for R2 includes multi-region storage that automatically replicates objects to the locations they’re frequently requested from."
rubenv 4y ago
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messe 4y ago

Yep, you're not charged for egress.

einichi 4y ago
B2 to Cloudflare also does not incur egress fees: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-and-cloudflare-partner-to-provide-free-data-transfer/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-and-cloudflare-part... Backblaze B2 customers will be able to download data stored in B2 to Cloudflare for zero transfer fees. This happens automatically once Cloudflare is configured to distribute your B2 files.
- kjksf 4y ago
  I did Backblaze via Cloudflare setup. I really don't care about the cost of storage. In my case it's the bandwidth costs that were killing me. If it was available at the time, I would use R2 if only for simplicity. If I was using Cloudflare Workers it would be another reason to use R2: I assume that it's easier to use and faster to use than any other storage system, since it's on the same network and written by the same people. Also, exposing Backblaze via Cloudflare has it's issues. I ran into Cloudflare caching 404 responses from Backblaze and Backblaze being slow to make write visible. So I would write into Backblaze and tried to access that key via Cloudflare proxy. While the write was acknowledged to my client it wasn't yet visible via http endpoint so Cloudflare would cache 404 response. I would have to clear the cache to fix and then I've added 5 min delay "just in case" to work around this.
- my69thaccount 4y ago
  Does anyone remember when we had Net Neutrality?
  - IAmEveryone 4y ago
    Yes, like it was yesterday (or today). It was a strange time where the term was often used for things that had nothing to do with the original meaning of the term.
- archon810 4y ago
  Only to Cloudflare though, right? If users download, it'll be billable. With R2, user downloads are free, aren't they?

alberth 4y ago

Does R2 provide synching between regions? Maybe that's why it's so much more expensive? You're getting regional failover?

archon810 4y ago
Presumably under the hood it'll be nicely distributed, as per https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-r2-object-storage/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-r2-object-storage/. "Our vision for R2 includes multi-region storage that automatically replicates objects to the locations they’re frequently requested from."

rubenv 4y ago

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