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hey guys, i built this with a friend and didn't expect it to get posted to HN already. we just got it approved and i accidentally hit our Like button before we
by smeagol 14y ago
hey guys,
i built this with a friend and didn't expect it to get posted to HN already. we just got it approved and i accidentally hit our Like button before we were even ready. my friends immediately commented on the story so we just said, what the hey :-)
in any case, it just "launched" today, was only meant for friends to test out, and yes i agree we need to write more copy.
to address some concerns:
- this is really only meant for developers at the moment; i.e. those who actually know their way around AWS. if and when we decide to take payments and provide a service, you can expect a lot more documentation and support. we have no desire to dupe normal folks. we built this for ourselves and really only expected friends to try it out first.
- you don't need to go to your AWS console to get your files. once a file archives, you can click a button to download it back to your Dropbox
- putting in warnings about the quota is a great idea! we'll do that ASAP.
keep the feedback coming, we really appreciate it and wanna build something useful for everyone.
- silverlake 14y agoPerhaps you could offer a service where everyone saves their files under your corporate account. When 1 person needs to restore, it will mostly fit within the free download % of the total. So if 10 people store 1 TB each, you can download 500GB/month for free. It's like insurance. We all pay a small amount to cover when one person has a problem.
- smeagol 14y agowe hope to get to that very soon! most likely, we'll just keep a small data center. something to get around the bandwidth limitation and availability. we would definitely need to charge then in order to cover those costs.
- dj2stein9 14y agoWhat's not very clear to me is if my Glacier files are a subset of my Dropbox files, or a separate datastore. I only have 2GB of Dropbox space because I never upgraded. But I have about 100GB of archive data I'd probably throw into Amazon Glacier if it were convenient. Do I need to open a 100GB Dropbox account before using IceBox?
- hamburglar 14y agoWhat's not very clear to me is whether they have any idea what they're doing when it comes to security, or how to respond properly to a legitimate security hole. It's difficult to trust someone who builds a service like this and leaves securing personal keys as "something we'll get around to."