I think even on-prem should generally use S3 for the scalable storage parts like user image hosting, scaling storage sucks. But for app, database, or compute th

I think even on-prem should generally use S3 for the scalable storage parts like user image hosting, scaling storage sucks. But for app, database, or compute that’s anything but a one-off? Dedicated servers destroy in terms of cost/performance. And bandwidth on AWS is an incredible ripoff, so if you’re doing any heavyweight data hosting, you should absolutely bust out the calculator. OVH boxes with dedicated 1 gbit lines are just absurdly more cost efficient there.