Dropbox saved $75M over two years by building its own infrastructure (2018)

Re:Dropbox saved $75M over two years by building its own inf... by streamich on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @01:22PM (#25140343)

I would have loved to see them buying Wasabi instead of building their own infrastructure, and becoming the biggest client of Wasabi at the same time.

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Re:Dropbox saved $75M over two years by building its own inf... by simonebrunozzi on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @03:02PM (#25141729)

Do you know more about this? Curious if they ever entertained buying Wasabi, of if it's just an idea of yours.

I think it's a good idea. But when deciding whether to acquire a company or not, there are several factors involved, only one of which is the technical fit.

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Re:Dropbox saved $75M over two years by building its own inf... by awill on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @01:28PM (#25140414)

no serious company wants to be 'the biggest client' of a company. You'll find all the scaling issues.

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Re:Dropbox saved $75M over two years by building its own inf... by toast0 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @02:04PM (#25140922)

It depends on the company you're the client of. I worked at a top 3 client of one company, and we were also the top client of another company where I was the only engineer dealing with them. It worked out well, because they were very responsive to our issues, were able to scale, and we used the least hands on parts of their service offerings.

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