Object Storage - S3 Alternatives

Revision History

Date	Version	Description	Author	Reviewer
Aug 02, 2024	1.0	Initial Version.	Krishnaa

Introduction

Objective

To Find our the Alternative Object Storage options that are available in the market to use in BeED system instead of AWS-S3.

Scope of work

1. Find out closest S3 compatible storage options in the market.
2. Migration should not take more than 40Hrs.
3. Preferred to check for fixed costing for 10TB space.  

Out of work

1. Changes that required in LMS and Journey is not included as part of this documentation.

Option 1 - Cloudflare R2 object Storage

Global object storage with zero egress fees

Powered by our programmable global network, R2 enables you to create flexible, multicloud architectures with S3-compatible object storage.

At the time of recording NO EGRESS CHARGES that means no data transfer rate, we pay only for the about of space that we use,

Option 2 - I-Drive object Storage

IDrive^® e2 Hot S3 Compatible Cloud Object Storage

Starts at $39.50/year
$19.75 First year, 1 TBor

$5/TB/month

• No Fees for Egress
• Protects Against Ransomware
• SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA Compliance

At the time of recording - Data Transfer Rate 

SNO	Total Storage	Data Transfer	Estimated Cost
1	10	30TB	FREE
2	10	40TB First 30TB is free  Next 10TB 0.01/GB/Month	USD 100 for Every Month

Option 3 - Contabo object Storage

Object Storage at a Fraction of What Others Charge

Our storage is a cheap alternative with unlimited free transfer to AWS S3 and other vendors. Billing is simple and month-to-month at all-inclusive rate,
and you can easily migrate from S3.

At the time of recording, there is no Egress charges.

Cost Compare AWS vs R2 vs I-Drive vs Contabo

Assuming I have 10TB Storage and i do 40TB of Data Transfer Per month. 

R2 Cost - USD 175 Per Month

I-Drive  COST 

On Average -  USD 82 /Month For Storage + USD 100* /Month for Data Transfer

Contabo  COST 

Contabo Cost - USD 135 Per Month

 

 

Test Results

 

Test Scenario: 70 MB of file size. 

AWS S3: Upload Time: 9 Sec

 

Test scenario: 70 MB of file size. 

Cloudflare R2: Upload Time: 10 Sec

 

Test scenario: 70 MB of file size. 

Contabo: Not able to perform the test and hence disqualified from the list.