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		SteveNuts on March 30, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's five grand a day to miss our S3 exit 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 on March 30, 2025 [–]

Truly need, I don't know. But customers will request (and pay for) the 9's.

SteveNuts on March 30, 2025 | [–]

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.

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