Moving to the cloud was easy; getting out is the hard part. In SUDO Show 74, Bill, Neal, and Noel dig into “The Great Cloud Breakup” and why more teams are rethinking cloud‑first dogma as exit fees rise and data residency laws go live across the US, EU, UK, and beyond. They talk through how modern Linux, NVMe‑over‑Fabrics, and on‑prem hardware make repatriation realistic again, spotlight rclone and Nick Craig‑Wood for making data movement sane, and share hard‑won stories about ugly data transfers and hybrid architectures. The episode wraps with a tongue‑in‑cheek “repatriate AWS onto three Raspberry Pis” action item and a NetHogs quick fix you can run today to catch chatty services before egress fees blow up your budget.
Show Links:
Red Hat - https://www.redhat.com
rclone - https://rclone.org
rclone (commercial) - https://rclone.com
restic backup - https://restic.net
Oxide Computer Company - https://oxide.computer/
nethogs (NetHogs) - https://github.com/raboof/nethogs
Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro – The Great Cloud Breakup
00:02:11 Standup – Data Residency Laws and Exit Fees
00:06:36 Are We Ready to Repatriate? Linux and NVMe-over-Fabrics
00:15:37 Where Are the Future Jobs?
00:23:29 Supporter Spotlight – rclone and Nick Craig-Wood
00:30:17 Bill’s Nightmare Data Transfer Story
00:36:11 Main Topic – The Great Cloud Breakup
01:12:31 Action Item – Repatriate AWS onto MicroShift (on Three Pis)
01:14:12 Quick Fix – NetHogs to Catch Chatty Services
01:17:13 Looking Forward to the Next Episode
01:18:32 Outro – Where Business Meets Linux
Connect with the Hosts:
Bill - @ctlinux on Mastodon
Neal - @neal@social.gompa.me on Mastodon
Noel - https://github.com/noelmiller
