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Re:Object Storage: AWS vs Google Cloud Storage vs Azure Stor... by beepbeepbeep1 on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @08:42AM (#16627999)
B2 is great as a backup store. I use it for backup.

I wouldn't use it for non backup object storage, as it's in a single data center. S3 and Google Cloud are completely different, I'm not sure on the Google specifics but S3 has data replicated across three AZs.

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Re:Object Storage: AWS vs Google Cloud Storage vs Azure Stor... by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @09:17AM (#16628257)
Isn't backing up the last place where you want zero redundancy?
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Re:Object Storage: AWS vs Google Cloud Storage vs Azure Stor... by linsomniac on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @11:42AM (#16629521)
I don't know about that. In my case I'm backing up a backup, so I have to lose both backups. B2 is just for the offsite copy of the backup. Like taking a tape home sometimes...
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Re:Object Storage: AWS vs Google Cloud Storage vs Azure Stor... by zwily on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @09:57AM (#16628559)
A backup has redundancy already - your local copy + the backup.

(edit: I’m talking about geographic redundancy. B2 does use redundancy inside the datacenter to protect from drive failure, etc)

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Re:Object Storage: AWS vs Google Cloud Storage vs Azure Stor... by corobo on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @11:26AM (#16629357)
In fairness backing up is the last place I want to hand over redundancy responsibility. Better I consider B2 as one part of the 3-2-1 backups than the be-all end-all
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Re:Object Storage: AWS vs Google Cloud Storage vs Azure Stor... by jnsaff2 on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @10:11AM (#16628671)
I guess what OP meant was that for backups durability is important and periods of downtime are not as crucial as for say catpicturegram.
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Re:Object Storage: AWS vs Google Cloud Storage vs Azure Stor... by puzzle on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @09:53AM (#16628531)
GCS has multi-AZ replication, but also multi-region (at a premium).
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Re:Object Storage: AWS vs Google Cloud Storage vs Azure Stor... by mayank on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @11:30AM (#16629395)
S3 also does eventually consistent multi-region replication (at a premium).
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