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My understanding is that S3 egress is only a problem if you need to take data out of AWS, which you can simply avoid by having some kind of dedicated AWS direct
by mgaunard 10mo ago
My understanding is that S3 egress is only a problem if you need to take data out of AWS, which you can simply avoid by having some kind of dedicated AWS direct connect or some such to route the traffic yourself?
- apayan 10mo agoConnecting to an AWS egress point for direct connect reduces the egress price (about half) but doesn't eliminate it. It also costs thousands of dollars a month just to have the connection, so it's not great for small operations. :-/
- mgaunard 10mo agoTo my knowledge direct connect is a fixed cost, as is running your own dedicated infrastructure, so you don't pay for bandwidth.
- apayan 10mo agoI just pulled the DirectConnect prices from the AWS API, and I think there is still a per/GB charge. Here's a description of a random direct connect point in Amsterdam (Equinix AM3). https://gist.github.com/arashpayan/a91c46c3787ac610e7884b77b1054a61 https://gist.github.com/arashpayan/a91c46c3787ac610e7884b77b... If I'm reading the description correctly, egress from there is 2 cents/GB, while the regular price for egress (less than 10 TB) from eu-south-1 is 9 cents/GB.
- mgaunard 10mo agoThat's Milan to Amsterdam though. Aren't there some mechanisms to have a handoff as close to Milan as possible? I was pretty sure there was a way to have something that's just a fixed cost, maybe with a partner third party service.
- apayan 10mo agoYeah, you're right. A direct connect in Milan at Equinix ML2 is $2.48/port-hour. > "description": "$2.48 per connected HC-10G port-hour (or partial hour) (EU (Milan), Equinix ML2, Milano, Italy)" https://gist.github.com/arashpayan/b115e834191fbc89ac1bc1cdcbc61b71 https://gist.github.com/arashpayan/b115e834191fbc89ac1bc1cdc...