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Did you have a look at rstor.io? They have free egress and even lower storage costs and also don't seem to charge for IOPS. Not as high profile as Cloudflare th

by Eugr 5y ago

Did you have a look at rstor.io? They have free egress and even lower storage costs and also don't seem to charge for IOPS. Not as high profile as Cloudflare though.

sillysaurusx 5y ago
I haven't! Thank you for the tip!
DeathArrow 5y ago
Also Wasabi is worth checking. Free egress cheap prices. https://wasabi.com/cloud-storage-pricing/#three-info https://wasabi.com/cloud-storage-pricing/#three-info
- breakingcups 5y ago
  If I recall correctly, that's only good up until the total storage. So if you store, say, 100GB of files total, you only have free egress up until 100GB/month
  - encryptluks2 5y ago
    Exactly... also, they have like a 3 month minimum storage time on a lot of their plans.
Smerity 5y ago
Thanks! I'd never seen them. The only minor catches that I've seen are that they want you to start the account with $50 or more added, it's $6 per TB per month (rounded up to the nearest TB) with a 90 day minimum duration, and you're allowed 1TB egress per day for each TB you have stored. They were also acquired very recently[2] though no clue how that might impact things. I'm fine with all those except the pre-loading $50 just to test, though that's as I want to test it personally. If I were using a business account that's not as much an issue. [1]: https://console.rstor.space/pricing https://console.rstor.space/pricing [2]: https://www.yahoo.com/now/packetfabric-announces-acquisition-rstor-110000153.html https://www.yahoo.com/now/packetfabric-announces-acquisition...
- iptrans 5y ago
  ”you're allowed 1TB egress per day for each TB you have stored.” Where did you find the reference to 1TB per day? On the page it says: “1 TB of data egress for every 1 TB storage capacity used” I would have assumed this is per month.
  - Smerity 5y ago
    You're right, I misread it and now can't edit my comment. This puts it all in quite a similar position to Wasabi[1] who have a 1:1 storage:transfer ratio per month and a 90 day minimum storage duration as well. In fact, their price per terabyte is almost exactly the same ($5.99 for Wasabi vs $6 for Rstor). It's a shame as I love aspects of this type of storage service, even with the caveats, but they're not useful if there's no way to pay more for excess transfer. Luckily I think R2 fits that requirement (though paying for more operations vs paying for more transfer). [1]: https://wasabi.com/paygo-pricing-faq/ https://wasabi.com/paygo-pricing-faq/
    - Eugr 5y ago
      That's interesting... When talking to their reps I mentioned Wasabi and asked if they have similar limitations and they said "no". I wonder if enterprise customers are treated differently?
      - Smerity 5y ago
        From the pricing page I linked to[1]: > There are no charges for outbound data transfer when using a dedicated network connection to the RSTOR network and direct peering is established. These connections are charged separately. To find out more please contact us. I would imagine for enterprise customers you might either be using direct peering / similar or they're able to charge based upon ballpark bandwidth usage. Otherwise I'm unsure as it does seem quite in line with Wasabi otherwise. [1]: https://console.rstor.space/pricing https://console.rstor.space/pricing

by Eugr 5y ago

Did you have a look at rstor.io? They have free egress and even lower storage costs and also don't seem to charge for IOPS. Not as high profile as Cloudflare though.

sillysaurusx 5y ago

I haven't! Thank you for the tip!

DeathArrow 5y ago

Also Wasabi is worth checking. Free egress cheap prices. https://wasabi.com/cloud-storage-pricing/#three-info https://wasabi.com/cloud-storage-pricing/#three-info

breakingcups 5y ago
If I recall correctly, that's only good up until the total storage. So if you store, say, 100GB of files total, you only have free egress up until 100GB/month
- encryptluks2 5y ago
  Exactly... also, they have like a 3 month minimum storage time on a lot of their plans.

Smerity 5y ago

Thanks! I'd never seen them. The only minor catches that I've seen are that they want you to start the account with $50 or more added, it's $6 per TB per month (rounded up to the nearest TB) with a 90 day minimum duration, and you're allowed 1TB egress per day for each TB you have stored. They were also acquired very recently[2] though no clue how that might impact things. I'm fine with all those except the pre-loading $50 just to test, though that's as I want to test it personally. If I were using a business account that's not as much an issue. [1]: https://console.rstor.space/pricing https://console.rstor.space/pricing [2]: https://www.yahoo.com/now/packetfabric-announces-acquisition-rstor-110000153.html https://www.yahoo.com/now/packetfabric-announces-acquisition...

iptrans 5y ago
”you're allowed 1TB egress per day for each TB you have stored.” Where did you find the reference to 1TB per day? On the page it says: “1 TB of data egress for every 1 TB storage capacity used” I would have assumed this is per month.
- Smerity 5y ago
  You're right, I misread it and now can't edit my comment. This puts it all in quite a similar position to Wasabi[1] who have a 1:1 storage:transfer ratio per month and a 90 day minimum storage duration as well. In fact, their price per terabyte is almost exactly the same ($5.99 for Wasabi vs $6 for Rstor). It's a shame as I love aspects of this type of storage service, even with the caveats, but they're not useful if there's no way to pay more for excess transfer. Luckily I think R2 fits that requirement (though paying for more operations vs paying for more transfer). [1]: https://wasabi.com/paygo-pricing-faq/ https://wasabi.com/paygo-pricing-faq/
  - Eugr 5y ago
    That's interesting... When talking to their reps I mentioned Wasabi and asked if they have similar limitations and they said "no". I wonder if enterprise customers are treated differently?
    - Smerity 5y ago
      From the pricing page I linked to[1]: > There are no charges for outbound data transfer when using a dedicated network connection to the RSTOR network and direct peering is established. These connections are charged separately. To find out more please contact us. I would imagine for enterprise customers you might either be using direct peering / similar or they're able to charge based upon ballpark bandwidth usage. Otherwise I'm unsure as it does seem quite in line with Wasabi otherwise. [1]: https://console.rstor.space/pricing https://console.rstor.space/pricing