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Do we know for a fact that Dropbox is still just am S3 reseller? I would be very surprised if that were still true.
by phamilton 12y ago
Do we know for a fact that Dropbox is still just am S3 reseller? I would be very surprised if that were still true.
- stingraycharles 12y agoWell the data is hosted on s3.amazonaws.com at least once, judging by the urls. So they either use it as a complement, or exclusively.
- vidarh 12y agoIt appears to be true, though I'd imagine they're getting very substantial discounts from Amazon. Otherwise it'd be far cheaper for them to self-host at their scale.
- semerda 12y agoIf that's true wouldn't it make sense for Dropbox to form some sort of a a whitelabel partnership with Amazon? Building cross platform reliable software to sync and method of storing data (ie. avoiding duplicates et al) is still an important piece in creating a smooth user experience while minimizing cost on the storage side.