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There's not much to the S3 API, and data import/export even at massive scale is available with Snowball. Sure, there's many other AWS services that aren't avai

by influx 3y ago

There's not much to the S3 API, and data import/export even at massive scale is available with Snowball. Sure, there's many other AWS services that aren't available at other vendors, but blob storage is commodified at this point.

amarshall 3y ago
Exporting data from S3 is ludicrously expensive, even with Snowball it’s $30/TB just for network egress.
- Aeolun 3y ago
  If I can get all of my data out of S3 for $30, then whatever the cost is for an enterprise with 1000TB, it must be within reason.