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> 3) reduced cost From what I've always heard, of all the benefits the cloud has, reduced cost is not one of them unless your compute need is exceptionally sma
by Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
> 3) reduced cost
From what I've always heard, of all the benefits the cloud has, reduced cost is not one of them unless your compute need is exceptionally small (ie, you only need a few t3.* instances).
- nostrebored 4y agoThat’s because nobody who cut costs feels compelled to go out and proselytize about it. At the start of the pandemic I helped dozens of customers cut their spending to $XX pm as they were inherently crippled during COVID (think travel, hospitality). My management team at AWS supported this effort. It was actually one of our strategic goals. Anti cloud zealots are having their time just like pro cloud zealots did. You have to understand your workloads and cloud offerings to see if it’s right for you.
- mring33621 4y ago"You have to understand your workloads and cloud offerings to see if it’s right for you." Yes This is hard to do.
- pclmulqdq 4y agoAs one of the loud "anti-cloud zealots" out there, I agree with you that this is actually a workload-dependent decision (or a luxury product that you can buy to show that your company is rich and modern). I think a lot of big companies are going to be moving toward "hybrid cloud" in the near future if they haven't already: maintaining a few racks (or an entire DC) to handle their base load and then doing bursts of heavy computing in the cloud. The days of the full cloud lift-and-shift are going away, and we're getting to the point where people make that decision rationally. As an aside, I actually believe in the cloud enough that I am working on a startup for a piece of cloud infrastructure.