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FAANG doesn't need to use cloud either. Notably, Facebook doesn't (and, a bunch of stuff at Amazon was still not on cloud until _long_ after AWS was invented).

iamtedd 5y ago
Isn't Netflix 100% on AWS?
- xuki 5y ago
  IIRC Netflix run their own boxes for content delivery, which makes sense because of the exorbitant cost of bandwidth on AWS.
onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
Facebook doesn't use the cloud? Are you crazy? They built their own cloud. They just don't sell it as a service. Sure - not everything at these companies needs to be on the cloud. But when you're dealing with sensitive information, you don't want people rolling their own infrastructure.
- jjeaff 5y ago
  Is it really cloud if you built it yourself and run it on your own hardware in your own data center?
  - imwillofficial 5y ago
    Yes. A private cloud due to the tech stack at work.
  - humantorso 5y ago
    Yes! the fact you are asking this belies your understanding of the cloud.
    - School-Cotton 5y ago
      Can you elaborate on what your understanding of the term is?
    - jjeaff 5y ago
      Well then I guess everyone is actually already in the cloud. They just have varying levels of UI/UX.
  - icedchai 5y ago
    Certainly! I joke that I have my own private cloud: I have a k8s cluster running on 6 machines in my closet datacenter.
  - vineyardmike 5y ago
    When you're one of the largest data center owners in the world, its pretty close? Its not like they're colo'ing? How do you define cloud?
firsttracks 5y ago
At the end of 2021 Facebook announced they would begin to use more AWS services [0]. Now, I wouldn’t call it Facebook going full cloud and I definitely expect FB to continue to use on-prem for the majority of their compute/storage; but I think it’s worthwhile to note that even FB (which may be one of the largest private clouds) sees value in using cloud providers to supplement their on-prem solutions. [0] https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/meta-selects-aws-key-long-term-strategic-cloud-provider https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-det...
- jenny91 5y ago
  This is some peripheral or business continuity-type stuff. FB will obviously not move any of their critical stuff there.

iamtedd 5y ago

Isn't Netflix 100% on AWS?

xuki 5y ago
IIRC Netflix run their own boxes for content delivery, which makes sense because of the exorbitant cost of bandwidth on AWS.

onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago

Facebook doesn't use the cloud? Are you crazy? They built their own cloud. They just don't sell it as a service. Sure - not everything at these companies needs to be on the cloud. But when you're dealing with sensitive information, you don't want people rolling their own infrastructure.

jjeaff 5y ago
Is it really cloud if you built it yourself and run it on your own hardware in your own data center?
- imwillofficial 5y ago
  Yes. A private cloud due to the tech stack at work.
- humantorso 5y ago
  Yes! the fact you are asking this belies your understanding of the cloud.
  - School-Cotton 5y ago
    Can you elaborate on what your understanding of the term is?
  - jjeaff 5y ago
    Well then I guess everyone is actually already in the cloud. They just have varying levels of UI/UX.
- icedchai 5y ago
  Certainly! I joke that I have my own private cloud: I have a k8s cluster running on 6 machines in my closet datacenter.
- vineyardmike 5y ago
  When you're one of the largest data center owners in the world, its pretty close? Its not like they're colo'ing? How do you define cloud?

firsttracks 5y ago

At the end of 2021 Facebook announced they would begin to use more AWS services [0]. Now, I wouldn’t call it Facebook going full cloud and I definitely expect FB to continue to use on-prem for the majority of their compute/storage; but I think it’s worthwhile to note that even FB (which may be one of the largest private clouds) sees value in using cloud providers to supplement their on-prem solutions. [0] https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/meta-selects-aws-key-long-term-strategic-cloud-provider https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-det...

jenny91 5y ago
This is some peripheral or business continuity-type stuff. FB will obviously not move any of their critical stuff there.