The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ybmeng on 2025-03-26 02:08:26.
Hi folks, I'm thinking about building the lowest-possible-cost cold-storage service using Amazon S3 Glacial Deep Archive for infrequently accessed data.
The pricing model would be something like:
$2/mo fixed base price + $1/tb/mo for storage + $2.5/tb for retrieval (Maybe a small 10% service charge due to stripe fees).
What do you think? Would such a service be useful to you?
Edit: Why my service over Amazon S3 Glacial Deep Archive directly? - To use Amazon directly you'd have to set up a lot of things: billing, apis, record-keeping for what files are stored where, retrieval. The barrier to entry can be quite high for people who are not technical. I'm curious about what people are currently using for cold storage and whether this price model is better than those.