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AWS and Amazon run on completely separate systems/hardware. Amazon's internal, last i read, was years behind AWS's infrastructure and they're generally jealous
by irjustin 5y ago
AWS and Amazon run on completely separate systems/hardware.
Amazon's internal, last i read, was years behind AWS's infrastructure and they're generally jealous of not having the same tools available.
I tried finding the article, but maybe someone else can help me remember?
- sudhirj 5y agoThere was apparently always some kind of mix (AWS did start from internal requirements, though it quickly diverged). The OG services like S3 and DynamoDB power a lot of Amazon for sure. There’s been more bed of Amazon moving to AWS, most recently talk about shifting their main DBs.
- rejectedandsad 5y agoThat hasn't been 100% true for like four years. Most new things in Retail are built on AWS.
- busymom0 5y agoAre you certain? As of last year, Amazon was switching to Fastly for their retain images: https://www.streamingmediablog.com/2020/05/fastly-amazon-homepage.html https://www.streamingmediablog.com/2020/05/fastly-amazon-hom...
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- pjbeam 5y agoSome retail is definitely on AWS. Source: I work at AWS.
- sofixa 5y agoA few years back Amazon did a party for moving their warehouses off Oracle databases and into AWS Aurora, so that's not entirely true
- ranman 5y agoThis is incorrect. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/prime-day-2021-two-chart-topping-days/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/prime-day-2021-two-chart-to...