Sudo Show: 74: The Great Cloud Breakup | SUDO Show 74

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 - @[email protected] on Mastodon

Noel - https://github.com/noelmiller