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0 pointstoomuchtodo7y ago0 comments

Storing on your own hardware will always be cheaper (Backblaze has a great blog post on explaining why they built out their own data storage nodes at rented colo space because of this).

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-...

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/co... (Cost of a Petabyte by service vs DIY)

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scarface747y ago

If the one Backblaze data center gets hit by a meteor, all your data is toast. I use BackBlaze for backups, I wouldn't trust them for primary storage.

toomuchtodoOP7y ago

Same with every other cloud provider. They don't provide georedundancy unless you design for it and pay for extra copies of your data to be stored.

scarface747y ago

You don't have to "design for it". The default storage class for S3 is your data is automstically copied across three data centers. You have to explicitly specify "reduced redundancy". Yes you pay for it, but you don't have to do anything special.

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0 pointstoomuchtodo7y ago0 comments

Storing on your own hardware will always be cheaper (Backblaze has a great blog post on explaining why they built out their own data storage nodes at rented colo space because of this).

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-...

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/co... (Cost of a Petabyte by service vs DIY)

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scarface747y ago

If the one Backblaze data center gets hit by a meteor, all your data is toast. I use BackBlaze for backups, I wouldn't trust them for primary storage.

toomuchtodoOP7y ago

Same with every other cloud provider. They don't provide georedundancy unless you design for it and pay for extra copies of your data to be stored.

scarface747y ago

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