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Re:Dropbox saved millions building a custom load balancer by twoodfin on Thursday December 12, 2024 @05:14PM (#42403972)
I guess that depends on whether you think cloud storage is a commodity.

Surely despite their business being storage, Dropbox would be foolish to design and manufacture their own hard disks?

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Re:Dropbox saved millions building a custom load balancer by sausagefeet on Friday December 13, 2024 @05:24AM (#42407417)
No, I don't think that Dropbox should manufacture its own hard drives. The main reason is that switching hard drive manufacturers can be done piecemeal as you need to buy them. Getting data out of S3 if the contract negotiations go bad can cost more than storing it. It's just very different economics and level of vulnerability given the two.
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