Update to Storj Object Storage pricing – what node operators need to know

[Alexey]

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Does it means the way the data-distributions will be changed? Like in the past, the data stored my data across the global, mix of different providers, from home lab to real company scale providers inside data centers. Now, if I choose “Regional Workflows”, you must dump the home-lab providers? Since I can’t know how that work with SOC 2 compliant, and how would you enforce the region rules.

There are several ways of distribution:

1. Global, when pieces are distributed across the globe, not only on closest nodes. These can be homies or/and DCs in any mix.
2. Regional, when pieces are distributed like now - only closest to your location. These can be homies or/and DCs in any mix.
3. Regional geofencing, when pieces are distributed only in the selected region (for example, only US or only EU or only AP). These can be homies or/and DCs in any mix, but strictly geographical limited.
4. Regional SOC2, when pieces are distributed only to nodes which have SOC2 facilities and certification (usually DCs) and also usually limited to only one geographical region.

I believe it’s also possible to have SOC2 Global Cloud (across several geographical regions), if required. But usually customers who require SOC2 also require a specific geo location too.