Datacenters: Colocation vs. Cloud
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@Breffni-Potter said:
That's way over my head but considering they've been "trading" for 15 years, what's this mystery investor waiting for?
NTG is sixteen and still has angels available to it. You don't just invest money for no reason, you only do it when money is what is needed. Just throwing money into a company with no specific need is a complete waste. That's why startups have funding rounds. Spiceworks is a great example. A decade of continuously getting new funding. Why? Because they didn't need a billion on day one, they needed a few hundred thousand to get a proof of concept out the door. Then they needed a million or two to keep the lights on for a few years and demonstrate a market. Then they went for a few million more a few years later to expand scope. Then they got a bunch to prep for an IPO, etc.
At each stage, investors put in only the amount determined to be best for maximum efficiency. They don't want companies just sitting on cash piles with no use for it, that money could be making money somewhere else like a new business idea or venture or, if no good option exists, in a good Index fund making nearly 10% per year reliably.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
Also, the fact that they are just renting space at Code42 as of April-15, just looks like a reseller outfit rather than a full hosted provider.
Very hard to say. NTG is a full hosted vendor, but does choose to own its own datacenter space. Netflix doesn't either, they use Amazon EC2. Almost no one, not even some of the biggest players (who is bigger than Netflix or BackBlaze?) other than those that sell datacenter services to others (Google, Microsoft, Amazon) own their own core infrastructure. That doesn't make you a reseller, those are just the infrastructure providers.
If Code42 is a backup vendor and does all of these things themselves and this little company does nothing, year, that's a reseller. But it sounds without digging in much that they are not reselling anything but running their own infrastructure on Code42's datacenter and using CrashPlan's software to make it happen. They aren't reinvesting the wheel, but they aren't reselling either.
Unless I am misunderstanding what Code42 offers.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Breffni-Potter said:
Also, the fact that they are just renting space at Code42 as of April-15, just looks like a reseller outfit rather than a full hosted provider.
Very hard to say. NTG is a full hosted vendor, but does choose to own its own datacenter space. Netflix doesn't either, they use Amazon EC2. Almost no one, not even some of the biggest players (who is bigger than Netflix or BackBlaze?) other than those that sell datacenter services to others (Google, Microsoft, Amazon) own their own core infrastructure. That doesn't make you a reseller, those are just the infrastructure providers.
If Code42 is a backup vendor and does all of these things themselves and this little company does nothing, year, that's a reseller. But it sounds without digging in much that they are not reselling anything but running their own infrastructure on Code42's datacenter and using CrashPlan's software to make it happen. They aren't reinvesting the wheel, but they aren't reselling either.
Unless I am misunderstanding what Code42 offers.
The software Code42 sells, called CrashPlan, does allow me to install said software on two computers and use their software to back up one computer to the other, without ever having the software transit through a Code42 datacenter.
It would be reasonable to assume that Code42 may sell/license this technology to partners in such a way that the partner could sell a service based on the Code42 software but using their own space.
I could also be completely wrong. This would require some phone calls with people talking legal to be certain.
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@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Breffni-Potter said:
Also, the fact that they are just renting space at Code42 as of April-15, just looks like a reseller outfit rather than a full hosted provider.
Very hard to say. NTG is a full hosted vendor, but does choose to own its own datacenter space. Netflix doesn't either, they use Amazon EC2. Almost no one, not even some of the biggest players (who is bigger than Netflix or BackBlaze?) other than those that sell datacenter services to others (Google, Microsoft, Amazon) own their own core infrastructure. That doesn't make you a reseller, those are just the infrastructure providers.
If Code42 is a backup vendor and does all of these things themselves and this little company does nothing, year, that's a reseller. But it sounds without digging in much that they are not reselling anything but running their own infrastructure on Code42's datacenter and using CrashPlan's software to make it happen. They aren't reinvesting the wheel, but they aren't reselling either.
Unless I am misunderstanding what Code42 offers.
The software Code42 sells, called CrashPlan, does allow me to install said software on two computers and use their software to back up one computer to the other, without ever having the software transit through a Code42 datacenter.
It would be reasonable to assume that Code42 may sell/license this technology to partners in such a way that the partner could sell a service based on the Code42 software but using their own space.
I could also be completely wrong. This would require some phone calls with people talking legal to be certain.
Ah okay, that's what I was missing. Then yes, I agree, seems very likely that Code42 is providing the service and this is just a reseller.
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Oh I see, Code42 is who MAKES CrashPlan. I've been very lost.
Yes, definitely a service reseller. Code42 is American (I just looked it up) and there is NO European protections here!!
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I think what I have more in mind though is.
I can have a drive shipped to a data centre or I walk in there myself.
Plug in the drive, restore data to it, then pack that drive to client site for immediate recovery.@scottalanmiller - I view a reseller as...a 365 partner, they have absolutely no control or access or anything to do with the 365 infrastructure or servers, they just use the control panels that Microsoft gives them same as end users.
A hosted provider, may rent blank servers from Amazon/Azure/whoever. Then install an OS, maintain the OS, patch it and is responsible for provisioning their own apps and creating an infrastructure.
@scottalanmiller said:
Yes, definitely a service reseller. Code42 is American (I just looked it up) and there is NO European protections here!!
Cool. Time for me to go to work
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This thread is definitely off in a very busy, and very different direction that intended.
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So, to circle back a little, if looking to host backups, would you look primarily at colocation or cloud infrastructure IaaS?
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And, in this case, who offers a truly UK cloud IaaS product? All of the key players are American.
