From 201dcaa72424cf7819aa6adc2a3696ea95944451 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Lu Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 23:21:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Cloud Drive Benefits (markdown) --- Cloud-Drive-Benefits.md | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Cloud-Drive-Benefits.md b/Cloud-Drive-Benefits.md index 8c541b9..296317b 100644 --- a/Cloud-Drive-Benefits.md +++ b/Cloud-Drive-Benefits.md @@ -1,14 +1,12 @@ -# Context -Nowadays, the trend is to go to cloud storage, since "everybody is doing it". +# Introduction ## Cloud is not for everyone -But after really using cloud storage, many users will find: +Nowadays, the industrial trend is to go to cloud storage, since "everybody is doing it". But after really using cloud storage, many users will find out: -* The cloud cost is too high. On [[AWS S3|https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/]], the storage cost is relatively cheap (but not really) around $0.023 per GB per month. But there are other costs which can add up quickly: +* The cloud cost is too high. On [[AWS S3|https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/]], the storage cost is relatively cheap (but not really) around $0.023 per GB per month. But accessing your own data is not cheap: * API cost for PUT, POST, LIST requests is $0.005 per 1000 requests * Transfer out cost is $0.09 per GB. -* The network latency is high. -* The response latency is not consistent. +* The network latency is high and not consistent. * Any code changes may increase your total cost. * It limits engineers' creativity and development speed in order to watch for cost.