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They're open source benchmarks, try them yourself if not convinced :)
by jeremyjarvis 14y ago
They're open source benchmarks, try them yourself if not convinced :)
- RKearney 14y agoWell also in the price comparison they forgot to mention EC2 offers reserved instances. A Brightbox instance would cost $466 USD a month, and an EC2 reserved c1.xlarge instance would cost $102 a month with a 3 year reserved instance. If you average out the cost to reserve an instance over 3 years, the total would be $188 a month, This means EC2 is actually 60% cheaper than Brightbox.
- jeremyjarvis 14y agoThis is clearly a comparison of on-demand instances, where the common unit is the hourly rate as with other IaaS. Reserved instances in themselves have a cost in terms of commitment or risk (if you aren't able to sell them back later).