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> What Amazon configuration gets you 8GB or RAM for $200/month?? Am I missing something? You can easily get near 8GB for way under $200/mo using reserved prici
by omni 13y ago
> What Amazon configuration gets you 8GB or RAM for $200/month?? Am I missing something?
You can easily get near 8GB for way under $200/mo using reserved pricing. A one year reservation, heavy utilization m1.large gives you 7.5GB of RAM for $40/mo and $676 up front, or about $100/mo total.
- mbesto 13y agoWait, am I an idiot then? I thought $200/mo just gets you reduced per minute rates? So ~720*0.00x + $200 = $y/mo. As far as I know, there is no way on Amazon to pay a flat monthly fee. It's all "pay for what you drink".
- omni 13y agoI think you actually understand it just fine but might be confusing yourself a bit. Paying the reservation fee does just get you reduced per minute rates, but the fee is not $200/mo. The reservation fee in this example is $676 for an entire year. Once you pay that, your hourly rate for a single m1.large goes down to $0.056. My final $100/mo total is based on 24/7 uptime on that single server you've reserved.
- mbesto 13y agoOh sweet. Thanks for the explanation!