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Why not dedicated servers? You are not "buying" dedicated hardware. You are renting it, just like a spot VM on AWS. (except the spot VM is temporary) Anytime I
by jjeaff 5y ago
Why not dedicated servers? You are not "buying" dedicated hardware. You are renting it, just like a spot VM on AWS. (except the spot VM is temporary)
Anytime I see the comparison of cloud vs dedicated bare metal, it seems that the cloud advocates have been doing all their comparisons and calculations based on the alternative being to buy dedicated hardware and maintain it yourself in a colocated data center.
- clintonb 5y agoDedicated servers still require staff to maintain. If you’re just comparing EC2, dedicated servers may be cheaper. Once you get to application offerings, such as databases, caching, etc., you now need to weigh the cost of administering those applications directly. That’s just for one location. If you need redundancy, you’ll also need to factor in those costs. Alternatively, I can spin up a multi-AZ database in a few minutes on a cloud provider.
- jjeaff 5y agoI have found AWS services not to be maintenance free. And I think at least for some services, the required maintenance is greatly overstated. Especially in the age of pre-built containers where updating can literally consist of changing the version tag.