tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post1927742091803204201..comments2024-03-28T13:39:27.601-07:00Comments on DSHR's Blog: The Cloudy Future of Disk DrivesDavid.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14498131502038331594noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-45701797716424178472016-03-14T15:44:33.819-07:002016-03-14T15:44:33.819-07:00Backblaze and I have argued for quite some time th...<a href="http://blog.dshr.org/2015/10/more-interesting-numbers-from-backblaze.html" rel="nofollow">Backblaze</a> and <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v8i1.248" rel="nofollow">I have argued</a> for quite some time that you don't have to get all that big to reap enough economies of scale to get cheaper than Amazon. Now it seems that <a href="https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2016/03/magic-pocket-infrastructure/" rel="nofollow">Dropbox</a> (at 1/2EB!) has figured it out too, and is moving their user's data from S3 to in-house infrastructure.David.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14498131502038331594noreply@blogger.com