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Cloudflare R2 IA storage tier

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Re: Cloudflare R2 IA storage tier

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Post by benterix »

dannyw wrote: post #3
nitsky wrote: post #2

Is the “data processing fee” any different from an egress fee in practice? Seems a little deceptive.

Yes. You can process it once to the standard tier, and egress as much as you want for free. The differences stack up for say, a 1GB video that becomes viral and triggers terabytes in egress. You pay for 1GB, not terabytes. It’s also an optional tier.

> The differences stack up for say, a 1GB video that becomes viral and triggers terabytes in egress. You pay for 1GB, not terabytes.

Under the condition that you actively monitor the usage and manage to "process it once" on time (and then "process it back"). Because otherwise you pay for terabytes - not in egress fees, but in processing fees. Or am I missing something?

Re: Cloudflare R2 IA storage tier

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Post by Guzba »

benterix wrote: post #11
dannyw wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. You can process it once to the standard tier, and egress as much as you want for free. The differences stack up for say, a 1GB video that becomes viral and triggers terabytes in egress. You pay for 1GB, not terabytes. It’s also an optional tier.

> The differences stack up for say, a 1GB video that becomes viral and triggers terabytes in egress. You pay for 1GB, not terabytes. Under the condition that you actively monitor the usage and manage to "process it once" on time (and then "process it back"). Because otherwise you pay for terabytes - not in egress fees, but in processing fees. Or am I missing something?

The whole point of IA is cheaper storage that is infrequently accessed, and there is a price to accessing it. If you need / want frequent access just use the regular storage class.

All object stores out there have a flavor of IA class with an access fee that should be far lower than the storage class savings for scenarios where you would even consider using this. If you don't want or understand this cost optimization you simply don't use it.

Re: Cloudflare R2 IA storage tier

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Post by Guzba »

gavinsyancey wrote: post #15

Backblaze B2 is cheaper than Cloudflare R2 IA. Hmmm

B2 can be great but it is missing a lot of features when compared to other object stores so it isn't a good solution for every scenario.

As an example I investigated, to put a custom domain in front of a B2 bucket they suggest using Cloudflare and CNAME-ing a bucket subdomain (eg f000.backblazeb2.com) https://www.backblaze.com/docs/cloud-storage-deliver-public-...

Well if f000.backblazeb2.com is used for any other people's buckets too, which appears to be the case, I guess I am now able to serve other people's files from my domain? This seems terrible.

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