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> someone had this crazy idea to sell spare cycles I've heard this too, but I don't think it can possibly be true. That would mean that, at the start, any serv
by adrianmsmith 5y ago
> someone had this crazy idea to sell spare cycles
I've heard this too, but I don't think it can possibly be true. That would mean that, at the start, any service or VM etc. you started on AWS would only work during non-peak Amazon hours. So your website or app would be down if the traffic to Amazon's website ramped up. I can't imagine many companies going for that offering. If that was the product that AWS originally offered I can't imagine it would have been successful.
- HWR_14 5y ago> That would mean that, at the start, any service or VM etc. you started on AWS would only work during non-peak Amazon hours. While that's true, at the time I read this "peak Amazon hours" were a few hours on cyber Monday. In fact, that's probably still true.
- 8note 5y agoI imagine peak involves scaling up the total number of instances, and the house of cards falls down without you growth. Disclaimer: I work in non-aws amazon, and my imagination is my own.