> If OP actually has 10PB on S3 currently, the OP may want to fallback to leaving the existing data on S3 and accessing new data in the new location.
I remember asking an Amazon executive in London when AWS was very new and they were evangelising it to developers; I asked him what is the cost of getting data out of AWS if I want to move it to other service provider, or how easy it will be? And he avoided giving a straight simple answer. I realised then than the business model from the start was to lock-in developer/startups/companies in to the AWS ecosystem.
I remember asking an Amazon executive in London when AWS was very new and they were evangelising it to developers; I asked him what is the cost of getting data out of AWS if I want to move it to other service provider, or how easy it will be? And he avoided giving a straight simple answer. I realised then than the business model from the start was to lock-in developer/startups/companies in to the AWS ecosystem.