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A hyperscaler can pack compute and that is it. It doesn't get you some multiple higher in efficiency. And it is a net negative when oversubscribed, which due to
by genxy 2mo ago
A hyperscaler can pack compute and that is it. It doesn't get you some multiple higher in efficiency. And it is a net negative when oversubscribed, which due to MBAs ruining all the clouds is how they operate. Customers pay more for less when using the cloud.
Go get a job a hyperscaler, they want to smoke what you are smoking.
I am not talking about diurnal cloud workloads, I am talking about the native efficiencies of hyperscalers vs on-prem. They have no magic and they all think they are going to make up their business overheads in exorbitant saas pricing.
- philipallstar 2mo agoSurely they can: - buy in bulk, for lower prices and access to better hardware through big contracts - build in bulk (i.e. spread out software improvements over a lot of data centres and customers) - offer additional services such as edge caching and multi-region data redundancy That doesn't mean that hyperscalers don't also do things wrong, but it seems very odd to pretend there's nothing to them.
- genxy 2mo agoYes, they can do all of these things. But then the margins are eaten up in the process, hyperscalers could be half the price of on-prem, but they are more. They have no magic, or the magic they do have they are wasting (which is good for the people). You can beat a hyperscaler on price at a single rack.