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We did is and is amazing! All the claims are true and worth it. If your stack is Linux Based you can be up and running within hours: Our stack is based on NodeJ

We did is and is amazing! All the claims are true and worth it. If your stack is Linux Based you can be up and running within hours: Our stack is based on NodeJS, PostgreSQL, Nginx, Redis, MongoDB, MySQL

e1g 6y ago
FWIW, our experience was different: I benchmarked our Node apps on C6g, C5n, and M5zn and found Graviton to be 10-25% slower in our CPU-bound NodeJS code than the same code on x86. Graviton give you better relative performance per dollar, but for absolute single-thread performance M5zn is still the best choice for us.
- latch 6y ago
  Arguably, if you're using AWS, you've already compromised to a point where scaling horizontally is your path forward. You've likely given up much more than 10-25% by using AWS in the first place (note to the false dichotomist: this doesn't mean owning your own servers). And paid a premium for the privilege. If you're CPU-bound, get a E-2288G (or whatever the commodity chip that maximized price/$$ is right now) and set mitigations=off.
  - ccleve 6y ago
    Which cloud providers are better? What do you use?
    - latch 6y ago
      I think Google Cloud requires less domain-specific-knowledge, which is a big plus. And, as a consequence, you're less likely to end up with an expensive and complicated mess. But if price or performance or user privacy is a concern, none. I'm a big believe in dedicated hosting. There's tens of thousands of options. Not affiliated with any, but in the past/present what I have/am using and would recommend: webnx.com, reliablesite.net, hivelocity.com, hetzner.com, ovh.com (and their other brands), leaseweb.com we're currently considering phoenixnap.com for a warm-standby DR site (but no experience with them yet). Also, Softlayer pre-IBM acquisition, but that's just sour grapes.
    - justinclift 6y ago
      Depending on your specific needs, then Hetzner seems to be good value: https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-ax https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-ax They have a good reputation for stability too, unlike (say) Scaleway. ;)
  - mhh__ 6y ago
    Mitigations=off?
    - girvo 6y ago
      I’m going to assume it’s the Intel HyperThreading exploit mitigations?
      - latch 6y ago
        Yes, starting with Linux 5.2, a bunch of mitigations can be disabled with that 1 boot option. But that's just a small part of where the performance gain comes from. The real win is just recent, dedicated and non-virtualized hardware.

e1g 6y ago

FWIW, our experience was different: I benchmarked our Node apps on C6g, C5n, and M5zn and found Graviton to be 10-25% slower in our CPU-bound NodeJS code than the same code on x86. Graviton give you better relative performance per dollar, but for absolute single-thread performance M5zn is still the best choice for us.

latch 6y ago
Arguably, if you're using AWS, you've already compromised to a point where scaling horizontally is your path forward. You've likely given up much more than 10-25% by using AWS in the first place (note to the false dichotomist: this doesn't mean owning your own servers). And paid a premium for the privilege. If you're CPU-bound, get a E-2288G (or whatever the commodity chip that maximized price/$$ is right now) and set mitigations=off.
- ccleve 6y ago
  Which cloud providers are better? What do you use?
  - latch 6y ago
    I think Google Cloud requires less domain-specific-knowledge, which is a big plus. And, as a consequence, you're less likely to end up with an expensive and complicated mess. But if price or performance or user privacy is a concern, none. I'm a big believe in dedicated hosting. There's tens of thousands of options. Not affiliated with any, but in the past/present what I have/am using and would recommend: webnx.com, reliablesite.net, hivelocity.com, hetzner.com, ovh.com (and their other brands), leaseweb.com we're currently considering phoenixnap.com for a warm-standby DR site (but no experience with them yet). Also, Softlayer pre-IBM acquisition, but that's just sour grapes.
  - justinclift 6y ago
    Depending on your specific needs, then Hetzner seems to be good value: https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-ax https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-ax They have a good reputation for stability too, unlike (say) Scaleway. ;)
- mhh__ 6y ago
  Mitigations=off?
  - girvo 6y ago
    I’m going to assume it’s the Intel HyperThreading exploit mitigations?
    - latch 6y ago
      Yes, starting with Linux 5.2, a bunch of mitigations can be disabled with that 1 boot option. But that's just a small part of where the performance gain comes from. The real win is just recent, dedicated and non-virtualized hardware.