Hacker News with Generative AI: Cloud Storage

Why is file storage and CDN delivery still so fucking hard even in 2025? (filezen.dev)
FileZen is currently in invite-only mode. Get ready for simpler, faster, and radically cheaper cloud storage with flat and predictable pricing: $0.015/GB storage & $0.015/GB bandwidthfor all regions (YES! REALLY!!). See how much you could save.

Cloud Storage, CDN, Pricing, File Storage

4 points by shreyas00719 45 minutes ago | 5 comments

Google backs down after locking out Nextcloud Files app (theregister.com)
In a turn of events to warm our withered hearts, Google has offered to restore the permission that was revoked from Nextcloud's Files app for Android.

Android, Google, Open Source, Cloud Storage, Privacy

6 points by beardyw 6 days ago | 0 comments

Google restores Nextcloud users file access on Android (arstechnica.com)
Nextcloud, a host-your-own cloud platform that wants to help you "regain control over your data," has had to tell its Android-using customers for months now that they cannot upload files from their phone to their own servers.

Nextcloud, Android, Cloud Storage, Data Privacy

49 points by mrbigbob 8 days ago | 6 comments

The recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android (nextcloud.com)
Dear users, We are aware that for some months, Nextcloud file uploads for Android users have not been working as expected: you cannot upload all data to your Nextcloud, only photos and videos. We have seen your complaints in various forums such as the Nextcloud help forum, on GitHub, Reddit, or other forums.

Mobile Apps, Android, Cloud Storage, Software Bugs

415 points by morsch 10 days ago | 166 comments

"Google wanted that": Nextcloud decries Android permissions as "gatekeeping" (arstechnica.com)
"Without full file access, it's kind of hard to use your own cloud."

Google, Android, Open Source, Cloud Storage, Privacy

9 points by thunderbong 10 days ago | 1 comments

Backblaze Drive Stats for Q1 2025 (backblaze.com)
Welcome to the first Drive Stats of 2025. In case you missed it, the 2024 Drive Stats report was the last for long-time Drive Stats guru, Andy Klein, who is happily retired—off putting the “green” in greener pastures by working on his golf game. We–being Backblaze staff writer Stephanie Doyle and Chief Technical Evangelist Pat Patterson–are picking up where Andy left off, bringing you the metrics and analysis you know and love. Now, on to the numbers!

Data Analysis, Hard Drives, Cloud Storage

21 points by HieronymusBosch 10 days ago | 0 comments

Dropbox will require App Indicator support on Linux (dropbox.com)
With the Dropbox desktop app for Linux, you can save, view, share, and access files and folders stored in your Dropbox account from your computer.

Linux, Dropbox, Software, Cloud Storage

30 points by butz 22 days ago | 80 comments

Backblaze responds to claims of "sham accounting", "customer backups at risk" (arstechnica.com)
Backblaze is dismissing allegations from a short seller that it engaged in “sham accounting” that could put the cloud storage and backup solution provider and its customers' backups in jeopardy.

Cloud Storage, Business, Security, Accounting

71 points by alphabettsy 25 days ago | 54 comments

Bauplan – Git-for-data pipelines on object storage (bauplanlabs.com)
Bauplan is a Pythonic data platform that provides functions as a service for large-scale data pipelines and git-for-data over S3 data lakes.

Data Pipelines, Python, Object Storage, Git, Cloud Storage

83 points by barabbababoon 37 days ago | 45 comments

Cloudflare R2 Data Catalog: Managed Apache Iceberg tables with zero egress fees (cloudflare.com)
Apache Iceberg is quickly becoming the standard table format for querying large analytic datasets in object storage. We’re seeing this trend firsthand as more and more developers and data teams adopt Iceberg on Cloudflare R2. But until now, using Iceberg with R2 meant managing additional infrastructure or relying on external data catalogs.

Cloud Storage, Data Analytics, Apache Iceberg, Cloudflare

47 points by kalendos 43 days ago | 8 comments

OxiCloud – lightweight alternative to Nextcloud file sharing (Rust) (github.com/DioCrafts)
I built OxiCloud because I wanted a simpler, faster file storage solution than existing options. After struggling with NextCloud's performance on my home server, I decided to create something that prioritizes speed and simplicity while still being robust enough for daily use.

File Sharing, Rust, Cloud Storage, Open Source, Alternatives

33 points by sandreas 53 days ago | 4 comments

Escaping USA Tech, Bye Bye Dropbox, Hello Jottacloud (mjanssen.nl)
I recently got more concerned about what is happening in the US since a certain president He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and what this does in the world and my personal life.

Data Privacy, Cloud Storage, Technology, USA Politics

18 points by marc0janssen 59 days ago | 0 comments

Chunking Attacks on Tarsnap (and Others) (daemonology.net)
Ten years ago I wrote that it would require someone smarter than me to extract information from the way that Tarsnap splits data into chunks.

Security, Encryption, Cloud Storage, Data Security

10 points by todsacerdoti 63 days ago | 1 comments

Filen – Encrypted cloud storage hosted in Germany (filen.io)

Cloud Storage, Privacy, Germany

4 points by Mossy9 67 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: in 2025 Which project does not have any good open-source alternatives? (ycombinator.com)
Dropbox server implementation. Has a great open source MacOS client, but the server implementation is needed. I would contribute financially towards such a project, as Dropbox will never be satisfied to remain reliable file sync (and I am currently a paying customer).<p>https://www.maestral.app/

Open Source, File Syncing, Software, Programming, Cloud Storage

31 points by Mugiballa7 76 days ago | 21 comments

Show HN: One year of bewCloud (a simpler Nextcloud alternative) (bewcloud.com)
Are you tired of the complexities and limitations of existing cloud platforms like Nextcloud and ownCloud?

Cloud Storage, Open Source, Alternatives, Self Hosting

50 points by BrunoBernardino 91 days ago | 49 comments

AWS S3 SDK breaks its compatible services (xuanwo.io)
The Apache Iceberg community has raised a PR S3: Disable strong integrity checksums to disable the newly introduced integrity checksums in AWS S3 SDKs.

AWS, Software, Cloud Storage, Open Source, Programming

190 points by ulrischa 92 days ago | 86 comments

Show HN: WinCse – Integrating AWS S3 with Windows Explorer (github.com/cbh34680)
WinCse is an application that integrates AWS S3 buckets with Windows Explorer, allowing you to treat S3 buckets as if they were part of your local file system.

Windows, AWS, Cloud Storage, File Management, Open Source

65 points by cbh34680 92 days ago | 20 comments

Backblaze Drive Stats for 2024 (backblaze.com)
As of December 31, 2024, we had 305,180 drives under management. Of that number, there were 4,060 boot drives and 301,120 data drives. This report will focus on those data drives as we review the Q4 2024 annualized failure rates (AFR), the 2024 failure rates, and the lifetime failure rates for the drive models in service as of the end of 2024.

Hardware, Data Storage, Cloud Storage, Statistics

646 points by TangerineDream 101 days ago | 205 comments

Backblaze seemingly does not support files greater than 1 TB (wadetregaskis.com)
For nearly a month now, Backblaze has been fixated on a particular file of mine, that happens to be over 1 TB in size. Backblaze seemingly uploads it completely, but then on the next backup it uploads it again, even though it has not changed (in eight years!). Ad infinitum.

Cloud Storage, Backblaze

91 points by amwolff 108 days ago | 80 comments

Husky: Efficient Compaction at Datadog Scale (datadoghq.com)
In a previous blog post, we introduced our Husky event store system. Husky is a distributed storage system that is layered over object storage (e.g., Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, etc.), with the query system acting as a cache over this storage. We also did a deep dive into Husky’s ingestion pipelines that we built to handle the scale of our customer data. In this post, we’ll cover how we designed Husky’s underlying data storage layer.

Data Storage, Distributed Systems, Cloud Storage, Databases, Event Streaming

30 points by gttalbot 114 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: What's the best way to de-Google photos? (ycombinator.com)
After a little over a year of having a kid, I've run out of google storage (photos/drive/mail). I have a pixel phone and like the automatic backup to photos... however, for years I've considered using that as a short-term backup, since I don't trust google not to nuke my account or lock me out.

Cloud Storage, Google, Privacy

7 points by strix_varius 118 days ago | 16 comments

Microsoft to Archive Unlicensed OneDrive Accounts This Month (petri.com)
Microsoft will start archiving unlicensed OneDrive for Business accounts on January 27.

Microsoft, OneDrive, Cloud Storage, Business, Accounts

3 points by taubek 135 days ago | 1 comments

We Have Google Drive at Home: Musings on Merkle-Tree Based File Sharing (dolthub.com)
Suppose you have a directory of files that you want to sync with your friends. When the files change, you want your friends to be able to download just the changes without needing to re-download the entire directory again. And you want this to scale, no matter how many or how large the files are. What's the best way to do this?

File Sharing, Data Synchronization, Distributed Systems, Cloud Storage

15 points by PaulHoule 139 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Open Rewind – POC for audio and screen and video streaming to S3 (github.com/janwilmake)
Today I was inspired by this tweet after which I fell into this rabbit hole to create an efficient recorder for your Screen, System audio, and Mic.

Open Source, Streaming, Audio/Video, Cloud Storage

78 points by wwoessi 139 days ago | 33 comments

Ask HN: Why Google Photos still so expensive when storage is so much cheaper? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Why Google Photos still so expensive when storage is so much cheaper?

Google Photos, Cloud Storage, Pricing, Cost, Tech

9 points by sh_tomer 141 days ago | 4 comments

Show HN: I built open source file sharing solution using AWS S3 (kinsta.app)
Configure S3 Settings

Open Source, File Sharing, AWS, Cloud Storage

63 points by rohitghumare 144 days ago | 36 comments

Hetzner: S3-compatible Object Storage is here (hetzner.com)
Object Storage is the S3-compatible storage solution that grows with your data requirements - highly available, secure and flexible.

Cloud Storage, S3, Hetzner, Object Storage

5 points by coffeeri 155 days ago | 0 comments

Mount S3 like local file system for macOS (mountos.app)
mountOS (mount Object Storage) allows seamless integration of S3-compatible cloud storage, making it accessible and usable as a file system

macOS, Cloud Storage, File Systems, S3

8 points by princejwesley 156 days ago | 3 comments

5x faster satellite data retrieval (terrafloww.com)
The rapid growth of Earth observation data in cloud storage, which will continue to grow exponentially, powered by falling rocket launch prices by companies like SpaceX, has pushed us to think of how we access and analyze satellite imagery.

Satellite Data, Earth Observation, Cloud Storage, SpaceX, Data Analysis

7 points by sid_tf 165 days ago | 1 comments