On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 02:11:31PM -0800, Moshe Vainer wrote: > >PS: For data that you want to mostly archive, consider using Amazon > >Web Services (AWS) S3 service. Right now there is no charge to push > >data into the cloud and its $0.15/gigabyte to keep it there. Do a > >quick (back of the napkin) calculation on what storage you can get for > >$30/month and factor in bandwidth costs (to pull the data when/if you > >need it). My "napkin" calculations tell me that I cannot compete > >with AWS S3 for up to 100Gb of storage available 7x24. Even the > >electric utility bill would be more than AWS charges - especially when > >you consider UPS and air conditioning. And thats not including any > >hardware (capital equipment) costs! see: http://aws.amazon.com/s3/ > > When going the amazon route, you always need to take into account > retrieval time/bandwidth cost. If you were to store 100GB on Amazon - > how fast can you get your data back, or how much would bandwidth cost > you to retrieve it in a timely manner. It is all a matter of > requirements of course.
Don't forget asymmetric upload/download bandwidth. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
