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For on-prem or cloud, you need some engineers (either SRE or SysEng) to handle your hosting infrastructure. So, not much difference in cost there. Then, there i
by BirAdam 3y ago
For on-prem or cloud, you need some engineers (either SRE or SysEng) to handle your hosting infrastructure. So, not much difference in cost there. Then, there is all of that compute. Currently, an AMD EPYC 7551 system can be put together for about $2.2K USD. That’s 64 threads, 256GB of RAM, redundant 2TB NVMe in RAID1, plus chassis, power and such. The equivalent amount of compute being available 24/7 is going to be extremely pricey over time.
My current employer handles things where internal service at the org are on-prem while customer facing services are cloud. Even the cloud stuff backs up to an on-prem storage system (though it also gets backed up to an off-site S3 provider).
- chx 3y agoI also held this view for a long time but what you are talking about is basically Amazon EC2. There are, what, 200-250 AWS services, however, and that's where things begin to become more interesting. Can you replace any of them with in house solutions? Certainly. But the costs of doing so might not be favorable. You could operate an on premise bakery but most companies just order donuts.
- jjgreen 3y agoAt a decent sized shop, having a couple of people making fresh-baked breads, croissants etc. would be such a perk ... Order in donuts? No imagination.