EgressZero: Cloud Outbound Bandwidth, S3 Object Storage & Fixed-Pipe TCO Dossier

EgressZero Architectural Analysis: Why NVMe Byte-Range Caching + Fixed Pipes Beat Per-GB Metering

Wholesale IP transit across Tier-1 peering exchanges in New York, Frankfurt, Tokyo, and Singapore clears below $0.50 to $1.80 per terabyte on committed 1Gbps and 10Gbps ports.

When we calculate repatriation architectures for S3-compatible MinIO buckets, HTTP 206 HLS video segments, or continuous 16 MB PostgreSQL WAL streams, maximum capital efficiency comes from pairing 100 GB–400 GB of local Gen4 NVMe cache (50,000+ IOPS, 4 MB NGINX slices) with $6.00/TB ZFS bulk storage arrays.

# EgressZero Staged S3-to-MinIO Cutover & 4 MB NGINX Byte-Range Shield
rclone sync s3-aws:prod-assets minio-fixed:prod-assets \
  --transfers=16 --checkers=32 --fast-list --checksum --bwlimit=80M

# /etc/nginx/conf.d/egresszero-s3-origin.conf
proxy_cache_path /mnt/nvme0/nginx_slices levels=1:2 keys_zone=EZ_SLICE:64m max_size=120g inactive=14d;
server {
  listen 443 ssl http2;
  slice 4m;
  proxy_cache EZ_SLICE;
  proxy_set_header Range $slice_range;
  proxy_cache_valid 200 206 30d;
}

EgressZero Cited Public Egress & Storage Rate Ledger (Baseline 2026-11-12)

Our public rate ledger below compares per-terabyte storage floors, bundled monthly transfer allowances, and overage behavior across six infrastructure providers against metered AWS S3.