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ReadyNAS Vault : great but overpriced!
Hi! Just saw the ReadyNAS Vault announcement : great news! Something I definitely need to really secure my data as my PC backups are, indeed, copied on my ReadyNAS Duo but still in the same locatio...
About a year before ReadyNAS Vault was announced, I suggsted on the Feature Request sub-forum adding Amazon S3 as a backup destination in FrontView. As some others have mentioned, ReadyNAS Vault is based off of Elephant Drive. In turn, Elephant Drive is based on Amazon S3. So basically, there's two additional "middlemen" taking their cut of the action and ReadyNAS Vault turns out to be 6 to 8x the price of what Amazon offers to their own S3 customers.
Amazon S3 = $0.15 per GB/month for storage + $0.10 per GB/month for transfer in + $0.17 per GB/month for transfer out
ReadyNAS Vault = $1.19 per GB/month for storage (first 5GB) then $0.40 per GB/month thereafter
I love the elegance of ReadyNAS Vault but it's a complete non-starter at the current price. I might pay double what Amazon charges for the convenience of integration but no more.
Amazon S3 = $0.15 per GB/month for storage + $0.10 per GB/month for transfer in + $0.17 per GB/month for transfer out
ReadyNAS Vault = $1.19 per GB/month for storage (first 5GB) then $0.40 per GB/month thereafter
I love the elegance of ReadyNAS Vault but it's a complete non-starter at the current price. I might pay double what Amazon charges for the convenience of integration but no more.
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