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This a) is not new, and b) is not unique. The other clouds have their equivalents: Azure Stack, Google Anthos/Distributed Cloud. For most part, with any of th
by dustintrex 5y ago
This a) is not new, and b) is not unique. The other clouds have their equivalents: Azure Stack, Google Anthos/Distributed Cloud.
For most part, with any of these you get the steep pricing of cloud with the maintenance overhead, lack of flexibility and lengthy commitment periods of on-prem, meaning they're unlikely to be a sensible option unless you have regulatory requirements that force you into it. One use case is wanting to run the same cloud stack globally, but having a market where there is no local region and local law requires that data stay in country.
- daxfohl 5y agoMy understanding is that Anthos is more like AWS K8s Everywhere (and Azure Arc), and that Google doesn't really have an Outposts style offering. Is that not the case?
- dustintrex 5y agoThey announced Google Distributed Cloud recently: > Google Distributed Cloud is a portfolio of fully managed hardware and software solutions which extends Google Cloud’s infrastructure and services to the edge and into your data centers. https://cloud.google.com/distributed-cloud https://cloud.google.com/distributed-cloud
- awsthro00945 5y ago>This a) is not new This specific announcement is new, because this specific announcement is about Outposts in a new, smaller form factor that just went GA today. >One use case is wanting to run the same cloud stack globally, but having a market where there is no local region and local law requires that data stay in country. The use case mentioned in the announcement is more about running EC2 instances in small branch offices or retail stores where you 1) still want to run AWS, 2) need the servers to be in very close proximity, and 3) don't have the room or infrastructure for a full rack.
- squiffsquiff 5y agoWhy do you "need the servers to be in very close proximity" in a retail store? It's not high frequency trading
- duxup 5y agoPoor connectivity to the internet?
- p_l 5y agoGiven that AWS Outposts behave badly without connection to mothership, well...
- duxup 5y agoWhy do you want it close then? Purely local latency?
- AstroDogCatcher 5y agoFor some customers, I imagine this will start off as an emotionally-driven request...until they see the price.
- p_l 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29398880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29398880 summarizes it best when it comes to my answer :)