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Re:Backblaze IPO by austinpena on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @07:23PM (#29088897)
I think B2 and R2 target different market segments.
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Re:Backblaze IPO by flatiron on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @07:58PM (#29089245)
The store stuff on the internet and the…

Wait. What’s the other segment?

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Re:Backblaze IPO by austinpena on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @07:28AM (#29093230)
*opinions are mine and not my employers.

It depends how you're going to access your data/ compliance needs.

B2 per/TB storage is much cheaper than what R2 will be.

R2 will enable cross-region availability which can be necessary for many companies choosing to adopt.

It's my opinion that R2 targets more the likes of S3/ integrated storage providers rather than just being a "low cost" provider like Wasabi/Storj/B2/etc.

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Re:Backblaze IPO by encryptluks2 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @07:58PM (#29089249)
How so? Cloudflare R2 targets B2, but technically you're not supposed to use Cloudflare for free B2 egress unless you are on a paid plan.
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Re:Backblaze IPO by austinpena on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @07:35AM (#29093289)
What about the bandwidth alliance necessitates being on the paid plan?

https://www.cloudflare.com/bandwidth-alliance/backblaze/

Maybe you're referring to the "Limitation on Serving Non-HTML Content"?

https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/#28-limitation-on-serving-n...

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