4 ms·
FTA: > We colocate our own servers, rather than using AWS or any other PaaS, and we also don’t currently use a CDN or any other cloud distribution platform. I
by stevoski 9y ago
FTA:
> We colocate our own servers, rather than using AWS or any other PaaS, and we also don’t currently use a CDN or any other cloud distribution platform.
I wonder if Panic would never have encountered this slow download problem if they did use AWS or another PaaS.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoTheir bandwidth costs would skyrocket. AWS and other cloud providers overcharge considerably on outbound transfer.
- stevoski 9y ago>Their bandwidth costs would skyrocket. I don't think they would. Or at least, the costs would still be tiny. Like Panic, my company mostly sells desktop apps. We're smaller than Panic, but we still have a considerable quantity of downloads each day. We use AWS S3 + AWS CloudFront to host our app downloads, and the cost is so small as to be irrelevant to my business.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoIt’s possible I’m over exaggerating. Some of the AWS service price gouging grinds my gears. S3 and Fastly (or some other very inexpensive CDN) would be fine.
- mfjordvald 9y agoYou're not really. My costs: $799 dedicated on 1gbps connection (overkill) AWS Costs: $6000+ AWS is simply impossible for me.
- joshribakoff 9y agoI have had random issues with Cloudfront returning error pages saying it is busy. AWS is not perfect either.