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> HN has been a pretty strong critic of the way tarsnap is being run (specifically from a marketing point of view), the collective view is not that it is too ex
by flatline3 14y ago
> HN has been a pretty strong critic of the way tarsnap is being run (specifically from a marketing point of view), the collective view is not that it is too expensive but rather that it is not yet expensive enough and that it needs to appeal more to non-techies.
If that's the collective view, then I strongly disagree with the first half. Tarsnap isn't cheap for an organization with data of any appreciable size.
- tisme 14y agoMost 'X' as a service concepts have a point where doing it yourself is the more cost efficient option. Backup is no exception to that rule. A service like this works best when you have a manageable amount of very precious data. If you have mountains of low grade data then likely you're better off rolling your own. After all, since tarsnap is a very nice layer on top of S3 there is always at least one competitor cheaper for bulk back-up (amazon) and even they charge a substantial amount of money for storage and bandwidth. Costs vs benefits. It's never been different and it never will be.