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I personally prefer to think of the 1 to 1.75 cents per core-hour as being competitive with "roll your own": if you're thinking about building out more servers

by boulos 11y ago

I personally prefer to think of the 1 to 1.75 cents per core-hour as being competitive with "roll your own": if you're thinking about building out more servers or using preemptible, I think preemptible comes out ahead a lot. The distinction though is that these are from our spare capacity, so it's not a replacement for a 24x7 anything (whether that's our regular VMs or a DO droplet). But if you're prepared for disruptions, come and play!

mjn 11y ago
That's a good point, and sort of what I was using the monthly rate to eyeball. I think in (amortized) monthly costs for other ways of provisioning bulk computation, e.g. owning+powering your own hardware, renting a dedicated server, or VPSs. Not really equivalent, since those are better options if 24/7 uptime is needed, while a physically owned server or rented dedicated server are poorly priced when only occasional usage is needed. But I have a feel for what bulk compute currently costs me per-month with full utilization, as a starting point for comparing other options.