Synology cloud backups
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@scottalanmiller said in Synology cloud backups:
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Ended up just going with BackBlaze B2 for the cost.
And there is Wasabi.
I do like that company for many reasons other than cost. But what throws me off is the method to connect the appliance is to use AWS S3. Any idea why that is?
That's not what it says at all. You are seeing the S3 API being chosen and thinking of Amazon's S3 service. Wasabi is just S3 compatible, that's all. It doesn't require a special API like other services.
The logo is what is throwing me off. I'm assuming the S3 API was created by Amazon, but then they are just allowing other companies to use it?
From what I've read about S3, it isn't proprietary; which makes me think Amazon doesn't have any kind of patent on the tech...
S3 is a service. A patent isn't possible on a service. That's not how patents works. An API is an interface and can't be patented either. That would be like patenting a language.
S3 the product is totally proprietary. S3 the API must be public or it is useless.
Got it. Thanks for clarifying. The 3 block logo was throwing me off as I thought it would be somehow using specific stuff for AWS since that has appeared to be their branding/logo; obviously it isn't an issue or Wasabi would have legal issues to deal with.
Where are you seeing that? I'm poking around on Wasabi's site and don't see it used.
Sorry, on the Synology Cloud Sync tool.
Right, that's Synology using it, not Wasabi. The tool is for "connecting to S3". It's definitely Amazon S3's logo. Why would Synology using it in any way cause legal trouble for Wasabi who didn't use it?
It wouldn't. I misspoke in that regard now that I am thinking about it more.
I dislike when they use logos like that. Because you can never tell if they mean it is integrated with the service, like the logo implies, or if it just uses a certain API that they are incorrectly associating.
I fully agree with that.
