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The context of the conversation is on tape drives which is about mass storage. The comment I replied to said: > someone else's server in Virgina While everyo
by leetrout 3y ago
The context of the conversation is on tape drives which is about mass storage.
The comment I replied to said:
> someone else's server in Virgina
While everyone may operate there now it was exceedingly common in mu experience to be referring to AWS when referencing Dulles / Ashburn / NoVA or just Virginia since AWS started there first.
So I figure S3 is the correct comparison to not having a 50 TB tape drive under your desk when "the cloud" is being discussed.