Zfs.rent
Infrastructure
hosted storage
SHOW HN2020
403points
219comments
#84of 3,028 in 2020
Top 3%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
19 positive, 49 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 25 critical, out of 98 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 7 for, 6 againstDocs: 2 for, 6 againstDesign: 6 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 4 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, text-centered design
From 2 comments
I have no use for this service but i definitely like your text centered websites. Right to the point, no disturbing and useless images or graphics. Thanks, that was a breath of a…
masa331 on HNexcellent UI.
waynesonfire on HN
Good service concept for ZFS users
From 2 comments
This is pretty neat. I am sure the comparisons to rsync.net will be made, but I see both services as unique and as covering different use cases. Good luck with the beta!
dcchambers on HNThis sounds line a viable option for me. I really like the service.
unixhero on HN
Objections
Unclear what the service is from the landing page
From 2 comments
I find this site much, much less useful than your average image-heavy marketing website. It completely fails to explain, in simple, general terms, what the hell it is or why I…
user-the-name on HNI'm not asking for that, I am asking for a short, clear description of what their service is good for and why I might want it.
user-the-name on HN
Bandwidth pricing too high
From 2 comments
The bandwidth is what kills this for me. I actually have a use-case for something like this. I'm re-partitioning my ZFS array, adding some space, and need to host all of the data…
ed25519FUUU on HN$5/TB with only a guarantee of 100mbps is kind of unacceptable no? I definitely think you would have benefited from finding a cheaper datacenter, or moving your profit margins…
ApolloFortyNine on HN
Single drive gives no ZFS redundancy or scrubbing
From 2 comments
I might be missing something, but the whole point of zpools is to guard against disks failure; this service only gives you one drive at a time, so you are back to square one. Is…
rakoo on HNYou lose a key feature of ZFS, which is scrubbing. This feature requires multiple drives in a zpool, while you only provides one. Scrubbing generally happens once a month to…
rubatuga on HN
Requests
Support for btrfs send
From 1 comment
Sounds great; would you consider offering the same for `btrfs send`?
daurnimator on HN
Ability to ship your own drive for backup
From 1 comment
Recommendation: since the "rent to own model" is so built in already, also permit people to ship you THEIR drive (which they still get to own). This allows them to have a backup…
vitiral on HN
Questions
Can encrypted sends be stored without the key?
From 2 comments
Do you have to end the key in the remote machine to send it encrypted backups? Can you merge in incremental sends without decrypting the backup on the remote machine?
mavhc on HNI've been looking for an off-site cloud storage provider that takes encrypted zfs sends, so I believe I'm in the target market for this. My use case is a home storage server with…
implying on HN
Is bandwidth monthly or cumulative?
From 1 comment
Neat idea. A couple of questions: Does the nominal bandwidth cost of $5 for 1 TB mean it's $5 each month for a TB per month? Or is it simply "every 1TB transferred adds $5", no…
Poiesis on HN
Is there a cheaper option or how is it priced against rsync.net?
From 2 comments
So how is this better than rsync.net?
Thorentis on HN1. This seems very, very cheap per-TB compared to other hosted storage. Are you making any compromises here that your users should know about? How do you explain the price…
jl6 on HN
Alternatives named
rsync.net
From 2 comments
So how is this better than rsync.net?
Thorentis on HNThis is pretty neat. I am sure the comparisons to rsync.net will be made, but I see both services as unique and as covering different use cases. Good luck with the beta!
dcchambers on HN
Hetzner storage box
From 1 comment
1. This seems very, very cheap per-TB compared to other hosted storage. Are you making any compromises here that your users should know about? How do you explain the price…
jl6 on HN
Backblaze
From 1 comment
what are uses of this? if I want to back up linux I can now via https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217664628-How-does-Backblaze-support-Linux-Users- . This option seems…
sabujp on HN