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This ending of the article kind of had me going???: > AWS is expensive when you compare only the raw server costs and do not use reserved instances. But that p
by druiid 13y ago
This ending of the article kind of had me going???:
> AWS is expensive when you compare only the raw server costs and do not use reserved instances. But that premium lets you focus on building your product far more than going with a self managed machine. Especially for early stage startups or projects this makes all the difference in the world.
Well, which one is it? The article spoke from the beginning about that they use the idea of tearing down VM's on a daily basis. This is kind of a not having your cake or eating it scenario. If you want to have reserved instances you, well, have to reserve them. Once you've done that (unless I've missed something looking into reserved instances on EC2 before) you can't really remove and re-create a new instance just like that without paying the up-front cost for the instance again.
Really that then takes away a lot of the power, even though you're saving money in the long run. At that point, why not just go with a managed dedicated server provider? You get a whole lot of hardware these days for not a whole lot of money (People have talked endlessly about the different solution providers out there, so I won't repeat any).
- matlock 13y agoReserved instances are not bound to any specific VM. When you start a virtual machine and there are reserved instance slots free it will charge you the reserved instance amount. If you provision more machines it will charge the standard amount.
- druiid 13y agoWell what do you mean by it will charge the reserved instance amount? Do you mean by that just the hourly reserved costs, or the up-front payment that varies based on the instance period or instance type? If the former, then I stand corrected!
- matlock 13y agoIt will only charge the hourly reserved costs. From: http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/reserved-instances/ http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/reserved-instances/ Easy to Use: Reserved Instances are easy to use and require no change to how you use EC2. When computing your bill, our system will automatically apply Reserved Instance rates first to minimize your costs. An instance hour will only be charged at the On-Demand rate when your total quantity of instances running that hour exceeds the number of applicable Reserved Instances you own.
- druiid 13y agoThen I stand corrected!