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Re:NASA to launch 247 petabytes of data into AWS, but forgot... by solarkraft on Friday March 20, 2020 @07:40AM (#22636739)
Maybe I'm missing vital context info here: Why didn't you go with an alternative?
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Re:NASA to launch 247 petabytes of data into AWS, but forgot... by topkai22 on Monday March 23, 2020 @12:22AM (#22661249)
Because the storage group refused to sign off on a cheaper solution with lower specs (I don't know why) and acquisitions in the government is a mess so going outside would have tied up one of our primary constraints (the tech lead) more than it was worth.

The overall system ended up with worse capabilities than it should have had, but it did ship.

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