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If you are building almost any type of company today, it makes no sense to build your own datacenter. Except for when it _does_ make sense. I'm starting a pro
by RyanGWU82 16y ago
If you are building almost any type of company today, it makes no sense to build your own datacenter.
Except for when it _does_ make sense.
I'm starting a project at my company to add a single server in-house, and move some data storage away from Amazon S3. This will save us thousands of dollars a month -- the payback period for the project is 3 months. (!) That includes the engineering cost to set up the new server. This particular project is compelling because we don't need S3's other advantages, we just need raw storage.
Moral: Don't be dogmatic about decisions in your business. Just weigh the pros and cons (including cost) carefully.
- maukdaddy 16y agoHence the reason I said "almost". There will always be exceptions. When looking at a cost/benefit don't forget the following costs: Power Cooling Space (lease costs) Administration Backup Redundancy Decommissioning (you don't just throw the server away do you?)
- foobarbazetc 16y agoPrice/performance is absolutely terrible on AWS. What most people don't realize and/or talk about with AWS is how much more expensive it is than in-house/co-lo/dedicated elsewhere.