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gizmo
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It's five grand a day to miss our S3 exit
S3 is designed for 99.999999999% durability. Hetzner's Volume storage is just replication between 3 different physical servers.
In terms of durability that's a universe apart.
SteveNuts
on March 30, 2025
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S3 is beyond impressive, but how many workloads truly need that? I’ve never had a single instance of data loss on a NetApp or Pure array.
jessekv
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Truly need, I don't know. But customers will request (and pay for) the 9's.
SteveNuts
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I suppose it’s like how someone who’s already made up their mind to buy a Lamborghini never questions whether they really need a 800HP engine.
sebazzz
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On the other hand you have transient failures in the cloud (at least on Azure - this behavior is even documented) so does that count towards the 99.99999%?
jwiz
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That sounds like accessibility, not durability.
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In terms of durability that's a universe apart.