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Additionally, Netflix falls into one category of website DHH writes about: unpredictable, significant bursts of traffic. When they publish Tiger King during the
by mch82 4y ago
Additionally, Netflix falls into one category of website DHH writes about: unpredictable, significant bursts of traffic. When they publish Tiger King during the pandemic there’s a spike in streaming no one could have predicted. When people finish the show it goes away. The arrival time of the next breakout show is likely uncertain, even if it can be modeled using a statistical distribution.
- wlll 4y agoI worked at Basecamp/37signals up until 2015. We had peaks and troughs, with as you might predict traffic ramping at ET morning, and tailing off PT afternoon/evening. We had some European traffic, but it was substantially less than the US. It still cost /far/ less to buy/rack/power etc. our servers 100% of the time than it would have done to use the cloud and scale up and down with demand. There is definitely a situation when bursty requirements will make cloud the more obvious answer, but given the near order of magnitude cost increase for cloud it's not as clear cut as just seeing a wave on a graph :)