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100% agreed. Every one of those AWS services can be reproduced in a colo, but it takes time and effort to set up a queueing solution which just exists already i
by pwinnski 6y ago
100% agreed. Every one of those AWS services can be reproduced in a colo, but it takes time and effort to set up a queueing solution which just exists already in AWS. It takes time and effort to set up notifications for storage and database events which are easy-as-anything in AWS.
Even without getting into multiple availability zones, things like SQS/SNS, Dynamo, S3, and Lamda combine to make things very easy on day one with AWS.
Could it be cheaper? Well, yeah, I'm sure. And if all you're doing is running EC2 instances, go somewhere else. But also, maybe look into some of the other stuff AWS provides!