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Sounds good but what are peoples use cases. Versus getting a regional EC2 and working from that? Anything privacy related, running a TOR node etc. I get it.
by anotheracc88 2y ago
Sounds good but what are peoples use cases. Versus getting a regional EC2 and working from that?
Anything privacy related, running a TOR node etc. I get it.
- jonatron 2y agoIn this case, he said it's a fun and interesting way to add resiliency to the existing co-location they have. I frequently see people default to AWS, without any consideration of any other options. If you're running beyond a couple of small EC2 instances, it's worth looking at other options such as colocation. 37signals wrote about their cloud exit and how much they saved.
- ganoushoreilly 2y agoI have a few machines I use to mirror / duplicate data from my tenants and client tenants when working on larger projects. It makes it much much easier. While Egress pricing is a pain in the ass on AWS, that's usually a small fee on the customer side comparatively.
- wutwutwat 2y agoGood luck when the fbi inevitably kicks in your door after running a tor node in the US on a datacenter connection in your name, with the physical hardware sitting in your home.
- anotheracc88 2y agoNon exit node was implied