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I don't understand this at all. Cloud is vastly more expensive. Everything. From hard-drive space (compare buy + colocate with S3, even with raid-1) to cpu. An
by candiodari 10y ago
I don't understand this at all. Cloud is vastly more expensive. Everything. From hard-drive space (compare buy + colocate with S3, even with raid-1) to cpu.
And as for network traffic ... everything murders the cloud in efficiency.
- tracker1 10y agoWith cloud, I don't have to maintain the machine, or ask the IT guys at the office to poke open holes to access that machine... I can also access the same environment configured from work and home, and on the road, wherever... no need to keep a windows machine/vm. I was pretty happy with my Chromebook, except for "enterprise vpn" access not working, and wouldn't mind that interface when traveling. I know there are other trade-offs, but having a working environment counts for a lot too.
- candiodari 10y agoI get that this is a factor for huge companies. They can avoid their own employees and instead try to navigate Amazon's, Google's or Microsoft's service departments. And I get it : mostly a big step up. It's a sad commentary on the quality of most organizations. And especially in those cases, it's not worth it. A good IT department would be far cheaper than paying for a high-traffic site with lots of backend infrastructure like a bank would have.
- tracker1 10y agoI can also work from anywhere I have access to a computer to remote in from. No need to carry a work and personal device with me everywhere.