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Now how long will it take for Amazon to release a dedicated host marketplace where you can sell unused space on your dedicated hosts?

• dandroid1 11y ago
  Doesn't that defeat the purpose of obtaining a dedicated host?
  • toomuchtodo 11y ago
    Technically, its the equivalent of a leaseback. It may make sense depending on the profitability of the arbitrage you're targeting.
  • nandhp 11y ago
    Not if it's primarily to accommodate bring-your-own-license for per-machine-licensed software. Needing to have control over what machine runs your instances doesn't mean you can't allow other people to run their instances on "your" hardware.
• andrewguenther 11y ago
  Ah yes, we run all of our services on dedicated NSA machines we leased from AWS! This would be a security and privacy nightmare.
• nandhp 11y ago
  This isn't too far-fetched -- there's already a marketplace for buying and selling used reserved instances. https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/purchasing-options/reserved-instances/marketplace/ https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/purchasing-options/reserved-insta...