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We are a startup. We decided to host our full stack in self managed vpses running debian. We started at one provider, but because we have everything (except th
by holoduke 6y ago
We are a startup.
We decided to host our full stack in self managed vpses running debian.
We started at one provider, but because we have everything (except the hardware) under our own super vision, we were able to move to another provider (hetzner) in just a few days.
Moving away to another provider wouldn't be an issue.
I believe the key is to not use any of the propitiatory services offered by all these big players.
We currently pay around 1000 dollars a month for about 15 servers. Same thing at AWS will cost at least 1 week to figure out the pricing model and probably six phone calls with sales people trying to lock you in. Then in the end I am sure you would pay much much more.
- Aperocky 6y agoWhat are the size of the servers?
- dddw 6y agoYeah 1000 bucks pm for 15 servers... should be quite decently specced
- heipei 6y agoThe thing is that if you don't use any of the proprietary services offered by the bigger players they look at lot less appealing. AWS with just EC2 is one expensive-ass server provider with murderous rates for egress traffic.
- cogman10 6y agoReally depends on what you are trying to do. I work in a company that is currently trying to move over to AWS from on prem servers. Why? Not for AWS proprietary software. That's completely an afterthought (In fact, the first round is likely going to be those expensive ass EC2 instances). The real reason we are looking at moving to AWS is because they have data centers across the globe and we don't. So even though EC2 is expensive, it's far less expensive than trying to navigate the waters of setting up a datacenter in France, china, and India.