Re:Show HN: USD 0.99/TB/month cloud storage
by manuelabeledo on Sunday February 04, 2024 @10:01AM
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They can and they do - and if they fail, they cover damages.
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Re:Show HN: USD 0.99/TB/month cloud storage
by fulafel on Sunday February 04, 2024 @10:12AM
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Is there a provider that would cover the customer's damages like interruption of business? There are some insurance companies at least that do similar things.
Re:Show HN: USD 0.99/TB/month cloud storage
by Fnoord on Sunday February 04, 2024 @02:28PM
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A SLA would. I would just use multiple backups. One self-hosted on-premise and two off-site. Then the two off-site can have egress costs. Wouldn't matter. The self-hosted one would be the primary one to backup from. And it is going to be solid, usually. For example, a Synology NAS would suffice.
Re:Show HN: USD 0.99/TB/month cloud storage
by fulafel on Monday February 05, 2024 @12:37AM
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I think nearly all SLAs just give you discounts on the service's bill.
Eg if your service vendor costs you 1000/month and they have a 10-day outage and you lose 10000000, they will credit you 1000 best-case, or maybe 1/3 of that (since it was up most of the month).
Re:Show HN: USD 0.99/TB/month cloud storage
by logifail on Sunday February 04, 2024 @10:13AM
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> if they fail, they cover damages
Umm, most providers' standard T&Cs exclude liability for indirect or consequential loss following unavailability of their service.
Re:Show HN: USD 0.99/TB/month cloud storage
by StopTheTechies on Sunday February 04, 2024 @01:44PM
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I'm sorry, S3 insures your data in case of loss? How come they don't ask the value of what you're storing then?