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by jasonkester 6367 days ago
Indeed. If your business relies on keeping 1TB of data alive, you're going to have dedicated staff keeping an eye on it.

So now, you're looking at ~$2k hardware + $150k salary for your dedicated box watcher.

Compare that to $3k for S3 where it's their problem to keep your stuff backed up and deal with hardware problems.

It's a no-brainer if you ask me.