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I don't consider $900/month in bandwidth significant. And I'm sure Amazon account managers don't either -- but it can't hurt to ask, especially if you've got a

by tacos 11y ago

I don't consider $900/month in bandwidth significant. And I'm sure Amazon account managers don't either -- but it can't hurt to ask, especially if you've got a growth plan that makes sense.

amazon_not 11y ago
10TB is about $50 worth of high quality bandwidth. I'm glad you don't mind paying an extra $10k a year for that.
soccerdave 11y ago
Right now I use 3 Softlayer virtual servers to serve up 15TB of static files a month. It costs me a whopping $168 a month. The same 15TB on AWS would cost $1325 a month. I consider saving $1157 'significant'. Softlayer no longer includes 5TB on every virtual server and their bandwidth is equally outrageous so I'm still evaluating a plan for new servers.
geofft 11y ago
At that point you're rapidly approaching the scale where cloud-style on-demand provisioning isn't really helping you (unless you prefer AWS's tooling to any "private cloud", which is legit), and you might as well put a bunch of dedicated servers in colo, right? That is to say, the reason you can negotiate a discount once you get well past that point (or if you intend to grow well past that point) is because staying on AWS makes increasingly less sense for you.
- al2o3cr 11y ago
  Depends on the situation - a bunch of dedicated servers means a sizable shift from "operating expenses" like AWS fees to "capital expenses" for hardware. It also means shifting expenses from monthly as-you-go to mostly upfront.
  - Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd 11y ago
    Finding a provider that leases dedicated servers to you for a monthly fee isn't exactly hard.
  - toomuchtodo 11y ago
    > a bunch of dedicated servers means a sizable shift from "operating expenses" like AWS fees to "capital expenses" for hardware. Not anymore. In the US, you can now write off $500K/year in equipment costs immediately. > It also means shifting expenses from monthly as-you-go to mostly upfront. Dedicated server provider or lease the equipment instead of buy.

by tacos 11y ago

I don't consider $900/month in bandwidth significant. And I'm sure Amazon account managers don't either -- but it can't hurt to ask, especially if you've got a growth plan that makes sense.

amazon_not 11y ago

10TB is about $50 worth of high quality bandwidth. I'm glad you don't mind paying an extra $10k a year for that.

soccerdave 11y ago

Right now I use 3 Softlayer virtual servers to serve up 15TB of static files a month. It costs me a whopping $168 a month. The same 15TB on AWS would cost $1325 a month. I consider saving $1157 'significant'. Softlayer no longer includes 5TB on every virtual server and their bandwidth is equally outrageous so I'm still evaluating a plan for new servers.

geofft 11y ago

At that point you're rapidly approaching the scale where cloud-style on-demand provisioning isn't really helping you (unless you prefer AWS's tooling to any "private cloud", which is legit), and you might as well put a bunch of dedicated servers in colo, right? That is to say, the reason you can negotiate a discount once you get well past that point (or if you intend to grow well past that point) is because staying on AWS makes increasingly less sense for you.

al2o3cr 11y ago
Depends on the situation - a bunch of dedicated servers means a sizable shift from "operating expenses" like AWS fees to "capital expenses" for hardware. It also means shifting expenses from monthly as-you-go to mostly upfront.
- Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd 11y ago
  Finding a provider that leases dedicated servers to you for a monthly fee isn't exactly hard.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago
  > a bunch of dedicated servers means a sizable shift from "operating expenses" like AWS fees to "capital expenses" for hardware. Not anymore. In the US, you can now write off $500K/year in equipment costs immediately. > It also means shifting expenses from monthly as-you-go to mostly upfront. Dedicated server provider or lease the equipment instead of buy.