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Amazon S3 vs dat: What are the differences?
Key Differences between Amazon S3 and Dat
Centralized vs. Decentralized: Amazon S3 is a centralized storage service provided by Amazon Web Services, where users store their data in a single location managed by AWS. In contrast, Dat is a decentralized data sharing platform that allows users to sync their data across multiple devices and servers, without relying on a central authority for storage or access control.
Cost Structure: Amazon S3 charges users based on the amount of data stored, data transferred, and other resource usage metrics. In contrast, Dat is a peer-to-peer protocol that does not charge for storage or data transfer. Users only need to manage their own infrastructure costs for hosting Dat archives.
Access Control: Amazon S3 provides fine-grained access control mechanisms that allow users to define permissions at the bucket and object level, using AWS IAM policies. On the other hand, Dat uses cryptographic keys and permissions to control access to data, allowing users to securely share data with specific individuals or groups without relying on a centralized authentication system.
Data Consistency: Amazon S3 ensures strong consistency for all data operations within a region, meaning that all reads reflect the most recent write. Dat, being a decentralized platform, may experience eventual consistency in some cases, where updates may take time to propagate across all nodes in the network.
Integration with Ecosystem: Amazon S3 integrates seamlessly with other AWS services, such as Lambda, Athena, and EMR, allowing users to build complex data processing pipelines. Dat, being a standalone protocol, may require additional tools or libraries for integration with existing workflows and systems.
Community Support: Amazon S3 has a large community of users and developers who contribute to its ecosystem through forums, tutorials, and third-party applications. Dat, being a relatively newer platform, may have a smaller community but offers a collaborative and open-source development model for building decentralized applications and services.
In Summary, Amazon S3 provides centralized storage with strong consistency and extensive AWS integration, while Dat offers decentralized peer-to-peer data sharing with no cost structure, fine-grained access control, and potential eventual consistency.
Hello! I have a mobile app with nearly 100k MAU, and I want to add a cloud file storage service to my app.
My app will allow users to store their image, video, and audio files and retrieve them to their device when necessary.
I have already decided to use PHP & Laravel as my backend, and I use Contabo VPS. Now, I need an object storage service for my app, and my options are:
Amazon S3 : It sounds to me like the best option but the most expensive. Closest to my users (MENA Region) for other services, I will have to go to Europe. Not sure how important this is?
DigitalOcean Spaces : Seems like my best option for price/service, but I am still not sure
Wasabi: the best price (6 USD/MONTH/TB) and free bandwidth, but I am not sure if it fits my needs as I want to allow my users to preview audio and video files. They don't recommend their service for streaming videos.
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage: Good price but not sure about them.
There is also the self-hosted s3 compatible option, but I am not sure about that.
Any thoughts will be helpful. Also, if you think I should post in a different sub, please tell me.
If pricing is the issue i'd suggest you use digital ocean, but if its not use amazon was digital oceans API is s3 compatible
Hello Mohammad, I am using : Cloudways >> AWS >> Bahrain for last 2 years. This is best I consider out of my 10 year research on Laravel hosting.
We offer our customer HIPAA compliant storage. After analyzing the market, we decided to go with Google Storage. The Nodejs API is ok, still not ES6 and can be very confusing to use. For each new customer, we created a different bucket so they can have individual data and not have to worry about data loss. After 1000+ customers we started seeing many problems with the creation of new buckets, with saving or retrieving a new file. Many false positive: the Promise returned ok, but in reality, it failed.
That's why we switched to S3 that just works.
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- Many sdks83
- Logical30
- Easy Setup13
- REST API11
- 1000+ POPs11
- Secure6
- Easy4
- Plug and play4
- Web UI for uploading files3
- Faster on response2
- Flexible2
- GDPR ready2
- Easy to use1
- Plug-gable1
- Easy integration with CloudFront1
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- Complex to set up3
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