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Re:Mantle – Serverless Maps Using Lambda or Cloudflare Workers by toomuchtodo on Thursday April 07, 2022 @03:29PM (#30949272)
Can Backblaze B2 be paired with Cloudflare for similar effect at a lower storage cost? Backblaze does support an S3 compatible target [1].

[1] https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-b2-s3-compatible-ap...

EDIT: Thank you for the reply!

Re:Mantle – Serverless Maps Using Lambda or Cloudflare Workers by bdon on Thursday April 07, 2022 @03:33PM (#30949318)
I've tested Backblaze B2 as a storage option, and I found that with the level of traffic a typical map backend incurs, there were enough 503 errors to cause problems. This is an intentional trade-off of the B2 design that allows them to set an aggressive price point: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/b2-503-500-server-error/

I'm constantly evaluating all of the different deployment combinations and new features on cloud providers, so part of the service I'm offering is advice for your specific provider and this workload.