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> How come is the difference that big ? To a first approximation, CPU and RAM are required to get your site up and running at all. Bandwidth is less so. Band
by kijiki 10y ago
> How come is the difference that big ?
To a first approximation, CPU and RAM are required to get your site up and running at all. Bandwidth is less so. Bandwidth scales up as your growth scales up.
So it makes sense for cloud providers to make CPU and RAM relatively cheap, and charge unreasonable prices for bandwidth. If you're growing, you're more inclined to pay, since you're seeing success. Plus you're already locked in at that point.
- bsaul 10y agoThat depends a lot on your cpu / bandwidth ratio. A modern website consume a lot more cpu per request than an online videogame server (my use case), which is basically the equivalent of a websocket router with a little data transformation in the middle.