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I am dealing with the exact opposite problem: "Oh you mean, we should leave the EC2 instance running 24/7??? No way, that would be too expensive"... to which I
by systemvoltage 4y ago
I am dealing with the exact opposite problem: "Oh you mean, we should leave the EC2 instance running 24/7??? No way, that would be too expensive"... to which I need to respond "No, it would be like $15/month. Trivial, stop worrying about costs in EC2 and S3, we're like 7 people here with 3 GB of data."
I deal with Scientists that think AWS is some sort of a massively expensive enterprise thing. I can be, but not for the use case they're going to be embarking on. Our budget is $7M spanning 4 years.
- capableweb 4y ago> think AWS is some sort of a massively expensive enterprise thing Compared to using dedicated instances with way cheaper bandwidth, storage and compute power, it might as well be. Cloud makes sense when you have to scale up/down very quickly, or you'd be losing money fast. But most don't suffer from this problem.
- pwinnski 4y agoAt $15/month, it would take longer than a typical school year to beat.
- gonzo41 4y agoDon't say the budget outloud near AWS. They'll find a way to help you spend it.
- systemvoltage 4y agoHahaha, may be I need to just go into the AWS ether and start yakking big words like "Elastic Kubernetes Service" to confuse the scientists and get my aws fix. These people are too stingy. I want some shit running in AWS, what good is this admin IAM role.
- absolutelynobo 4y agoGP has already lost that battle.
- datavirtue 4y agoYeah, by following the "documentation" and "best practices."
- geoduck14 4y agoWe use a phrase around my job: the only attack we suffer from is "denial of wallet"
- slavik81 4y agoWhat are you getting for $15/mo? That's surprisingly inexpensive for scientific compute.