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EC2 runs proxy, which does erasure coding and lambda periodic pings to keep them running and therefore preserving cache.
by rossmohax 6y ago
EC2 runs proxy, which does erasure coding and lambda periodic pings to keep them running and therefore preserving cache.
- zapt02 6y agoSo basically abusing how serverless functions are supposed to work by "warming them up". I wouldn't count on this working long-term as cloud vendors will be more aggressive in discouraging this behaviour.
- rad_gruchalski 6y agoEventually it gives them an incentive to embed such functionalities out of the box if they notice significant usage pattern. Why fight it when you can embrace it and profit from it?
- coredog64 6y agoLong before AWS implemented provisioned capacity, these kinds of hacks were pretty common. I would expect that the number of customers that would roll this out and run it without any mistakes that drive up the monthly spend is small enough that Amazon doesn’t care.