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		jl6 on April 18, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon S3 – 2 Trillion Objects, 1.1 Million Reques... You could then multiply by 2 trillion to work out their total data volume under management, which I believe they consider commercially sensitive information, but I can't quite put my finger on why.

jacques_chester on April 19, 2013 [–]

It would help competitors form a view of their cost structure, which would allow them to optimise a price which would put Amazon into the red.

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