Background

Requestor pays is a pricing model where the user who initiates data transfer or accesses the data is responsible for paying the associated egress fees. The person storing the data is responsible for paying the storage fees.

What is the problem/pain point?

Users cannot share datasets with other users without paying for the egress fees when these data sets are downloaded.

Why now?

We have had customers request this functionality. A great example is the blockchain snapshot use case; in this situation, users would like to share snapshots without being liable to pay any egress fees when those blockchains are downloaded.

Requirements

users can download datasets from other users
the user downloading the dataset is charged for the egress
the user storing the data is NOT charged for egress other users use

User Story

As a user who needs to download a data set from another user I want the ability to pay for the egress I use when downloading that data So that the other user will make it available to me without having to pay for my egress.

Success Metrics

how many users utilize this functionality?
how much egress is charged to users who download data that other users make available.
how many buckets or objects have used this functionality?

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