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The article is about – saving 30% by switching from Spot to 70% more expensive VMs. It's the opposite of what you're talking about here. > Switching to committ

The article is about – saving 30% by switching from Spot to 70% more expensive VMs. It's the opposite of what you're talking about here. > Switching to committed use nodes that can give customers up to a 70% discount? This information is wrong. In which cloud do you see CUDs being 70% cheaper for standard machines? Can you link any cloud provider's page that says – use "standard machines" for a higher discount than spot machines, it can be a productive conversation.

motorest 1y ago
> The article is about – saving 30% by switching from Spot to 70% more expensive VMs. It's the opposite of what you're talking about here. I don't think those values hold any meaning, specially after no concrete details are actually listed. For example, if hypothetical spot instances have a lower unit cost but your system needs to be over provisioned to account for systematic cold starts and cluster chatter, does it make any sense to say they are cheaper? > This information is wrong. Is it? Forward your complains to Google, then. https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/committed-use-discounts-overview https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/committed-us...
- rdsubhas 1y ago
  Yes, that's what the article is about. And yes, the comment is confidently wrong as said in that page.
  - motorest 1y ago
    > Yes, that's what the article is about. Not really. Hand-waving over hypothetical unit costs means nothing. In fact, I wonder if that's why the article lists no specifics on the cost structure of the spot instance based approach, and why the cloud 101 approach is spun to be such a surprise. > And yes, the comment is confidently wrong as said in that page. You're literally trying to gaslight when all it takes to verify your claim is a single click. Wild.
    - rdsubhas 1y ago
      I had asked: In which cloud do you see CUDs being 70% cheaper for standard machines? And the article has the standard machine spec, and the page shows clearly your information is blatantly wrong. Fitting a different content into your own pre-set wrong mental model is not worth engaging over.

motorest 1y ago

> The article is about – saving 30% by switching from Spot to 70% more expensive VMs. It's the opposite of what you're talking about here. I don't think those values hold any meaning, specially after no concrete details are actually listed. For example, if hypothetical spot instances have a lower unit cost but your system needs to be over provisioned to account for systematic cold starts and cluster chatter, does it make any sense to say they are cheaper? > This information is wrong. Is it? Forward your complains to Google, then. https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/committed-use-discounts-overview https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/committed-us...

rdsubhas 1y ago
Yes, that's what the article is about. And yes, the comment is confidently wrong as said in that page.
- motorest 1y ago
  > Yes, that's what the article is about. Not really. Hand-waving over hypothetical unit costs means nothing. In fact, I wonder if that's why the article lists no specifics on the cost structure of the spot instance based approach, and why the cloud 101 approach is spun to be such a surprise. > And yes, the comment is confidently wrong as said in that page. You're literally trying to gaslight when all it takes to verify your claim is a single click. Wild.
  - rdsubhas 1y ago
    I had asked: In which cloud do you see CUDs being 70% cheaper for standard machines? And the article has the standard machine spec, and the page shows clearly your information is blatantly wrong. Fitting a different content into your own pre-set wrong mental model is not worth engaging over.