s3_disk_util

Dev tools

cloud storage cli

SHOW HN2016

22points
10comments
#1,136of 2,264 in 2016
Top 51%of 2016 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

4 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.28.

Idea: 2 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful depth-limited traversal for cost analysis

    From 1 comment
    • As you correctly noted, s3cmd/s4cmd have a du command. For my particular use case (paring down s3 storage costs), I needed to traverse my s3 buckets as specified depths (-d…
      ksowocki on HN
  • Nice work

    From 1 comment

Objections

  • Overlaps with existing s3cmd and s4cmd du commands

    From 1 comment
    • s3cmd and s4cmd already have a "du" command. Does this do something extra?
      volatilitish on HN

Requests

  • Turn it into a web app

    From 1 comment
    • Cool utility. Have you considered expanding this tool into a web app of some sort?
      fhinson on HN

Questions

  • Does it do more than s3cmd du?

    From 1 comment
    • s3cmd and s4cmd already have a "du" command. Does this do something extra?
      volatilitish on HN
  • Would a web app need S3 access, and is there a list permission?

    From 2 comments
    • Yes, but let me ask you a question as a potential user first... Would you be willing to give my webapp access to your S3 account (read-only)? I'd of course not look through the…
      ksowocki on HN
    • Is there a "list" permission? It exists on azure storage.
      infogulch on HN

Alternatives named

  • s3cmd and s4cmd du commands

    From 1 comment
    • s3cmd and s4cmd already have a "du" command. Does this do something extra?
      volatilitish on HN
  • Netlify in front of S3 to avoid per-request billing

    From 1 comment
    • Putting https://netlify.com over S3 works well for me. With their URL rewriting feature it basically works like CloudFront but with included bandwidth and no per-request billing.
      benologist on HN

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