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The question is, what workloads do people have that they'll run often enough and/or profitably enough to warrant those 64 CPUs sitting around idle when they're
by ImJasonH 7y ago
The question is, what workloads do people have that they'll run often enough and/or profitably enough to warrant those 64 CPUs sitting around idle when they're not using them.
This is the advantage of a cloud host. Sure you pay a premium, but you're paying not to pay for it when you're not using it (and networking and power and updates and security etc.).
(Disclaimer: I work on Google Cloud)
- Filligree 7y agoMost cloud hosts are painfully expensive. If you don't value your own time at market value (as is typical and reasonable for hobby time; it isn't really exchangeable), then we're comparing an ongoing lease to just the hardware cost. It doesn't take much usage for those lines to cross.
- ImJasonH 7y agoOh there's definitely a point at which you save money buying the hardware and running it yourself. But especially for hobby usage my experience is that's often further out than real usage. YMMV. I think I'd save money by renting a RPi for even $20/day, for instance. :)