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What I Would Do If I Ran Tarsnap

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801 points tnorthcutt | 1 comments | 03 Apr 14 16:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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flavor8 ◴[03 Apr 14 18:26 UTC] No.7524937[source]▶
> "Colin is in no danger of selling Tarsnap to people with multiple terabyte databases — there’s only a few dozen of those organizations in the world and they would not even bring up Tarsnap to joke about it."

...is not actually true. There are likely thousands of companies with multi TB databases, many of which are small shops who need a backup solution. S3 is one option of course...

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wglb ◴[03 Apr 14 21:31 UTC] No.7526958[source]▶
A company I know of and do business with produces software for firms in which a terabyte is considered a small installation. Many firms use this software.
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patio11 ◴[03 Apr 14 21:48 UTC] No.7527137[source]▶
I stand corrected. Would love to hear more next time we're in the same room.
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1. wglb ◴[03 Apr 14 22:32 UTC] No.7527479[source]▶
Yes, and it is actually that kind of conversation. I will email you about some thoughts on a different topic, and you will recognize my email from my profile.