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Using 20% is not really "computing". I have some kubernetes masters affected which are "almost idle" but have only 1-2 cores, so the baseline is above 20%...
by micw 2y ago
Using 20% is not really "computing". I have some kubernetes masters affected which are "almost idle" but have only 1-2 cores, so the baseline is above 20%...
- andrewstuart 2y agoI stopped using AWS cause the cloud made no sense any more. I did have hetzner as an alternative to escape the big vendor craziness but I guess they’re the same in some ways. I use IONOS. As far as I know they don’t do this but I haven’t read the terms that closely. Clouds are working hard to push people off the clouds back to their own self hosted systems where it costs less and you can, you know…… compute stuff. Why do they do this? Is it to share all the CPUs across manyVMs and squeeze more profit out rather than dedicate cores to VMs?
- fragmede 2y agoYes, oversubscription is the name of the game, for airlines, Internet access, gym memberships, and also cloud-based compute. People don't use things 24/7 so the idea is you can sell more subscriptions than you actually have the resources to support if they actually used it 24/7.
- bigfatkitten 2y agoYou can buy all of those things in uncontested form (private aircraft, private gym, internet with CIR etc), but you can and should expect to pay more to not have other customers subsidise the cost.
- Wytwwww 2y ago> Why do they do this? Is it to share all the CPUs across manyVMs and squeeze more profit out rather than dedicate cores to VMs? It's a choice you made, though. You can pay a little bit more of an dedicated CPU.
- imtringued 2y agoA little bit more = 3 times the normal price.
- bravetraveler 2y agoAssume that you're timesharing with at least two others, then. Shared is shared. I don't say this in defense of the pricing, just against surprise.