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Dropbox's BASE Jump: 90% of its files off Amazon

Name: Dropbox's BASE Jump: 90% of its files off Amazon
Uploaded: 2026-10-29T11:43:25.000Z
Duration: 2 min 43 s
Channel: Himanshu Kukreja
Description: How Dropbox built Magic Pocket, ran it dark, then moved 90 percent of its users' files out of Amazon S3 and onto its own machines in a six-month sprint.

How Dropbox built Magic Pocket, ran it dark, then moved 90 percent of its users' files out of Amazon S3 and onto its own machines in a six-month sprint.

01 · Six months

Six months to pass 500 petabytes.

Six months. 500 petabytes.

Dropbox built its own storage system.