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C14, the Secure Cold Storage Platform, for Free During the Summer

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Re: C14, the Secure Cold Storage Platform, for Free During the Summer

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Post by boulos »

From their FAQ:

> Where is my data stored?

> Your data will be stored in our fallout shelter, located 25 meters under the ground in Paris, France, starting in September 2016.

So where is it for now? And like Backblaze, a single site storage solution means you should only consider this as an extra backup (not primary storage).

There's a note that in September they'll also be expanding to offer multisite, but don't have pricing yet for that (hopefully just 2-3x depending on number of sites)

I'm curious about the 40 TB per archive limit. Is that some sort of equivalent to a full back blaze storage pod? I can't imagine an S3/GCS bucket restriction like that, so I'm curious how customers will be expected to work around it.

Disclosure: I work on Google Cloud (but not on GCS).

Re: C14, the Secure Cold Storage Platform, for Free During the Summer

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Post by abermingham »

boulos wrote: post #3

From their FAQ: > Where is my data stored? > Your data will be stored in our fallout shelter, located 25 meters under the ground in Paris, France, starting in September 2016. So where is it for now? And like Backblaze, a single site storage solution means you should only consider this as an extra backup (not primary storage). There's a note that in September they'll also be expanding to offer multisite, but don't hav…

Yes, multi-location will be proposed in September, you will be able to choose each location where you want your archive. The 40TB limit came from the temporary storage plateform who need to be fully provisioned for each active archives. This temporary storage is free of charge, we had to put some limitations to keep reasonable plateform. https://blog.online.net/content/images/2016/07/c14howitworks... The backend storage pool (The "C14 cloud") is near unlimited.

Re: C14, the Secure Cold Storage Platform, for Free During the Summer

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Post by boulos »

sargun wrote: post #6

Does anyone know about a bare metal provider like Scaleway / Online.net in the US? I have no problem with the EU, other than the speed of light.

Digital Ocean is arguably kind of close. SoftLayer and Rackspace are the biggest players in this space, but unlike Scaleway there's no way to start at $10/month.

Why do you feel like you need bare metal though?

Disclosure: I work on Compute Engine, and we don't offer bare metal (so of course I'm trying to sell you on virtualized offerings).

Re: C14, the Secure Cold Storage Platform, for Free During the Summer

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Post by boulos »

abermingham wrote: post #5
boulos wrote: post #3

From their FAQ: > Where is my data stored? > Your data will be stored in our fallout shelter, located 25 meters under the ground in Paris, France, starting in September 2016. So where is it for now? And like Backblaze, a single site storage solution means you should only consider this as an extra backup (not primary storage). There's a note that in September they'll also be expanding to offer multisite, but don't hav…

Yes, multi-location will be proposed in September, you will be able to choose each location where you want your archive. The 40TB limit came from the temporary storage plateform who need to be fully provisioned for each active archives. This temporary storage is free of charge, we had to put some limitations to keep reasonable plateform. https://blog.online.net/content/images/2016/07/c14howitworks... The backend stor…

Good to know. So what facility are you in currently? And how much bandwidth do you have? (i.e., if I want to get 25 TB out for recovery, how long will that take in the best case?)
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