So the file format is a lot better than CSV files, but in principle it&#x27;s basically just a bunch of files. Maybe a better analogy would have been a big folder of feather&#x2F;hdf5&#x2F;etc files.<p>(Incidentally, I&#x27;m a big fan of the folder&#x2F;s3 bucket&#x2F;etc full of CSV&#x2F;binary files and use it whenever possible.)<p>I agree - it&#x27;s absolutely better to use than that, but it&#x27;s a lot closer to that model than to the Riak model of querying a distributed system to send you the data.<p>I stand corrected on single box and pricing - it&#x27;s been a while since I&#x27;ve used it.