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There is a huge economy of scale working in Google's favor: deduplication. The more users they can de-dupe across, the cheaper their raw storage becomes. To com
by jl6 15y ago
There is a huge economy of scale working in Google's favor: deduplication. The more users they can de-dupe across, the cheaper their raw storage becomes. To compete, perhaps smaller backup services could agree "reinsurance" contracts with each other, exchanging lists of file hashes...
- creamyhorror 15y agoGood point. As storage gets cheaper, more people will be induced to store mass media in the cloud, which tends to be a lot more duplicated than personal media like photographs and videos. And that's going to be a big win for the provider with the best ability to dedupe.
- mangodrunk 15y agoThat's a really good idea. I wonder what the duplication rate will be given the scale.