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Transactional Object Storage?

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93 points mbrt | 1 comments | 17 Nov 24 13:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.697s | source
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up2isomorphism ◴[26 Nov 24 04:27 UTC] No.42242603[source]▶
Whenever I saw the claim that “S3 is cheap “, I just cannot take it too seriously.
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mbrt ◴[26 Nov 24 05:32 UTC] No.42242852[source]▶
You're right indeed:) but it depends on what you are comparing it with. In this case the comparison is against other managed cloud storage and databases, and in that context I think the claim holds.

Is it the cheapest possible storage in existence? No, if you take raw disks and put them in a rack, but I also feel it wouldn't be an entirely fair comparison.

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eek2121 ◴[26 Nov 24 13:46 UTC] No.42245674[source]▶
S3 is one of the most expensive platforms out there, however. Look at backblaze B2 for an example of just HOW expensive S3 is.

When i moved from S3 to DO, my bill went from hundreds to $20/mo. The only thing that changed was the hosting provider.

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1. mbrt ◴[26 Nov 24 20:45 UTC] No.42249886[source]▶
B2 is mostly S3-compatible, so if they add the same support for preconditions on writes as S3 and GCS, nothing prevents using it as a backend for GlassDB.