Google Cloud Storage Nearline graduates to general availability

Re:Google Cloud Storage Nearline graduates to general availa... by dragonwriter on Thursday July 23, 2015 @11:13AM (#9936217)

From the details (in an image, some in fine print on the image) on the offer: that's if you migrate at least 1PB into Google Cloud Nearline in the first 3 months, and maintain at least 1PB in Google Clound Nearline for at least 12 months.

And its only 1 month free at that level of commitment; anything more than 1 month requires a migration commitment to more than the 1PB.

EDIT: At the time this comment was written, the thread title referred to the 100PB free for up to 6 months offer, not the fact that Nearline was now in GA. While the content of the comment is still true, the title that is being clarified by the comment is no longer present. (Similar things seem to be true of a number of the other top level comments.)

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Re:Google Cloud Storage Nearline graduates to general availa... by rugmug5 on Thursday July 23, 2015 @12:09PM (#9936651)

Once the free period is over the 100PB will cost $1 million per month in storage fees alone. Will the free month(s) even cover the retrieval and transfer fees to take 100PB out of another cloud?

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Re:Google Cloud Storage Nearline graduates to general availa... by low_battery on Thursday July 23, 2015 @01:00PM (#9937006)

To store 100PB, one can always buy 50.000 hard drives. Would only cost $2-3 million of initial payment. I wonder how much maintenance would cost to provide same availability with near storage.

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Re:Google Cloud Storage Nearline graduates to general availa... by dekhn on Thursday July 23, 2015 @02:33PM (#9937603)

Don't forget the full-time admins and hwops people. Operations costs are going to dwarf the capital investment.

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Re:Google Cloud Storage Nearline graduates to general availa... by rugmug5 on Thursday July 23, 2015 @03:17PM (#9937858)

Or you could leave it in the cloud where it already is and not transfer it to Google's cloud. I wasn't suggesting building your own...

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