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Replication Pricing

Model replication overhead in storage pricing and margin targets.

Quick checklist

  • Include replication factor in unit costs.
  • Separate storage and request costs.
  • Validate with p90 storage usage.
  • Show replication rules in plan docs.
  • Revisit pricing when storage costs change.

Step-by-step

  1. Identify the replication factor per plan.
  2. Estimate unit cost per GB-month with replication.
  3. Add request and retrieval costs if applicable.
  4. Build a margin-safe unit price.
  5. Review pricing after infra changes.

What to watch

  • Using raw provider prices without overhead.
  • Forgetting cross-region replication costs.
  • Not modeling cold storage retrieval fees.

Common mistakes

  • Pricing as if replication is free.
  • Mixing tiers without cost validation.
  • Ignoring small object request costs.

Tools to use