Question 1

We're already locked into our current provider. Is switching worth the hassle?

Accepted Answer

Depends on your numbers. If more than half your data sits in expensive hot storage but rarely gets accessed, you're overpaying every month. We can show you the math in 15 minutes—if it doesn't make sense, we'll tell you.

Question 2

Our data is critical. How do I know you won’t lose it?

Accepted Answer

We’re hosting 4+ petabytes of NASA and University of Utah research data — including climate models, simulation data, histopathology, and material science. Redundant storage, encryption at rest and in transit, 99.9% uptime SLA. We can walk you through the architecture, but the short answer: this is all we do.

Question 3

My team doesn't have bandwidth to manage another migration.

Accepted Answer

Migration is our job. We’ve moved petabytes with zero downtime and minimal client involvement. Your team points us at the data, we handle the rest. 60-90 days typical.

Question 4

This seems more expensive than what I'm paying now.

Accepted Answer

Depends what you're comparing. Single-tier providers look cheaper until you realize you're paying hot prices for cold data. If 60% of your data is rarely accessed, tiered storage usually wins. We'll run your actual numbers.

Question 5

What happens if we outgrow this or need to leave?

Accepted Answer

Your data is yours. S3-compatible API means no proprietary lock-in. Export anytime. We'd rather you stay because we're useful, not because leaving is hard.

Tier	Price	Use case
Cold	$4.50 per TB per month	Archival, compliance, infrequent access. Retrieval under one hour.
Hot	$8.00 per TB per month	Active datasets, frequent access. Instant retrieval.
High-performance	$13.00 per TB per month	Real-time processing, high I/O.

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