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> The cloud is renting someone else's computer at a way higher price than it would cost you to use your own. This is a simplistic view that doesn't discuss any
by justin_oaks 3y ago
> The cloud is renting someone else's computer at a way higher price than it would cost you to use your own.
This is a simplistic view that doesn't discuss any of the trade-offs inherent in the choice between running your own hardware and using a cloud service.
Yes, it's a higher price, but it allows you to stop paying for it when you stop needing it. You can scale up rapidly. You don't have to deal with buying, maintaining, or replacing hardware.
- re-thc 3y ago> You don't have to deal with buying, maintaining, or replacing hardware. You can rent servers much the same once you at least have a bit of scale. It's never colocation or cloud. There are lots of in-betweens.
- magikstm 3y agoExactly. Cloud is often viewed as if these don't exist: - Dedicated servers - Managed hosting - VPS - etc. Most small to medium-sized enterprise could opt for such options instead of the cloud.