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Google Storage Is Now Available To All Developers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-put-yer-bits-in-there dept.

aabelro writes "Google has announced at I/O 2011 the availability of their Storage service to all developers without the need for an invitation. The service has been enhanced with OAuth 2.0 support, simplified account management through the API Console, a new EU storage region, and a new API version."

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  1. Hmmm by killmenow · · Score: 2

    Now if I could just use it to store the honeycomb source.

  2. I beg to differ by bogaboga · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Grand Central were doing fine. The moment they were bought, new registrations were stopped by Google. Shortly after that, registrations were 'by invitation only'.

    Question is: What really happened after purchase that necessitated this type of action?

  3. Re:I loathe this invitation 'nonsense' by cyrus0101 · · Score: 2
    Two reasons come to mind immediately:
    • limited access means a smaller group to monitor for problems. Buzz, for example, went live across the board and had serious privacy issues. If they'd done it on a smaller scale, maybe they could have nipped it in the bud.
    • illusion of exclusivity makes the product seem cooler. You want what you can't have.
  4. so they started a fresh round of advertising by gl4ss · · Score: 2

    because that's how they run their projects.

    anyhow, it would be extremely nice if slashvertisements would include the PRICING of the SERVICE. you know, like, normal advertising rules apply..(the free portion is a joke).

    anyhow, from the article,
    "GSD is currently not integrated with Google Docs and Google Apps accounts do not work, only regular Google accounts, but that is going to change in the future.

    Pricing is set at $0.17/GB/month, higher than that of the similar Amazon S3 pricing which is set at $0.15/GB/month for 11 nines durability and $0.1/GB/month with 99.99 durability. Uploading and accessing are the same at $0.1/GB and $0.01/1000 HTTP requests. Amazon has progressive discounts for storage in excess of 50 TB, 400TB, 500TB and so on. There is no SLA for GDS yet, but Google promises to provide one when the service will be open to all those interested."

    sounds like beta to me still. and how they promise to provide one when the service is open to all those interested if it's open for all interested now? uh? wtha? brainmelt.

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  5. Re:I loathe this invitation 'nonsense' by cultiv8 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why do they do it?

    Economist: To limit supply and create more demand for the product
    Programmer: To allow time for beta testing
    Business Manager: So the company is not responsible if something breaks
    Sociologist: Ingroup members will be positively biased towards the product, outgroup members will want in
    System admin: this job sucks, anyone got some weed?

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  6. Two reasons by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 2
    1. It provides a slower ramp-up, so they have more time to react to demand.
    2. It lets them map a network of you and all your friends, if they don't know it already.