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EC2 is way cheaper medium utilized reserved "m1.large" instance, which has 7.5Gb of RAM + 2*420Gb of local storage costs $1272 a year max (less if you don't us

EC2 is way cheaper medium utilized reserved "m1.large" instance, which has 7.5Gb of RAM + 2*420Gb of local storage costs $1272 a year max (less if you don't use it all the time). If you go with heavy-utilization instance it's even cheaper. see https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/#tabm1 https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/#tabm1 Rackspace's 8GB/320GB instance costs $4200 a year. That's quite a difference

darkarmani 13y ago
You are comparing the reserved price which isn't apples to apples. Even so, you are correct. The m1.large rate in the east is $0.240/hour and the rackspace instances is $0.48/hour. http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/public-pricing/ http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/public-pricing/ Also, don't forget that the heavy reservation is billed for every hour in the term, not when you have it turned on. > With this RI [Heavy], you pay a little higher upfront payment than Medium Utilization RIs, a significantly lower hourly usage fee, and you’re charged that lower hourly rate for _every hour in the Reserved Instance term you purchase_. https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/reserved-instances/ https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/reserved-instances/
- indeyets 13y ago
  > You are comparing the reserved price which isn't apples to apples I would be glad to compare with Rackspace's "reserved" prices if they had one :) > Also, don't forget that the heavy reservation is billed for every hour in the term, not when you have it turned on. That's why I compared prices to "medium utilization". Again, Rackspace doesn't have prepaid option similar to "heavy utilization". And I didn't mention instances reserved for "3 years" which result in even larger discount, if you're interested in long-term solution
kordless 13y ago
The Rackspace instance you are referencing has 4 vCPUs in it - the m1.large on Amazon has 2. Also, don't forget the prepay amounts on EC2 reserved instances in your calculations! The prepay for 1 year on the m1.large is $243, making a reserved m1.large $1434 a year (365 days * 24 hours * $0.136/hour + $243).
- indeyets 13y ago
  $0.136 is "Light utilization". I referenced "medium utilization" which is $0.084

darkarmani 13y ago

You are comparing the reserved price which isn't apples to apples. Even so, you are correct. The m1.large rate in the east is $0.240/hour and the rackspace instances is $0.48/hour. http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/public-pricing/ http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/public-pricing/ Also, don't forget that the heavy reservation is billed for every hour in the term, not when you have it turned on. > With this RI [Heavy], you pay a little higher upfront payment than Medium Utilization RIs, a significantly lower hourly usage fee, and you’re charged that lower hourly rate for _every hour in the Reserved Instance term you purchase_. https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/reserved-instances/ https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/reserved-instances/

indeyets 13y ago
> You are comparing the reserved price which isn't apples to apples I would be glad to compare with Rackspace's "reserved" prices if they had one :) > Also, don't forget that the heavy reservation is billed for every hour in the term, not when you have it turned on. That's why I compared prices to "medium utilization". Again, Rackspace doesn't have prepaid option similar to "heavy utilization". And I didn't mention instances reserved for "3 years" which result in even larger discount, if you're interested in long-term solution

kordless 13y ago

The Rackspace instance you are referencing has 4 vCPUs in it - the m1.large on Amazon has 2. Also, don't forget the prepay amounts on EC2 reserved instances in your calculations! The prepay for 1 year on the m1.large is $243, making a reserved m1.large $1434 a year (365 days * 24 hours * $0.136/hour + $243).

indeyets 13y ago
$0.136 is "Light utilization". I referenced "medium utilization" which is $0.084